Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Linnaemya vulpina, Tachinidae
Posted by JariF on 08-07-2010 19:20
#1
Hi,
we have an extraordinary season going on. I have never seen as much flies like this summer. Must be the heath or past winter with a lot of snow. I got 58 Tachinidae yesterday ( yes, in one day :)) and here is one of them. Most were those small
Siphonas that everyone loves :D This fly is a bit smaller that
Tachina fera and I'm not sure if I have seen this before. July 7. 2010 Loviisa, Finland
Jari
Edited by JariF on 08-07-2010 20:40
Posted by JariF on 08-07-2010 19:21
#2
And here the head
Posted by ChrisR on 08-07-2010 20:10
#3
Linnaemya vulpina? :)
Posted by JariF on 08-07-2010 20:16
#4
Well I don't have any
Linnaemya so this is new species for me. Thank's :) How sure are You ?
Posted by ChrisR on 08-07-2010 20:32
#5
Pretty sure - hairy eyes, projecting mouth edge, yellow basicosta all point to
Linnaemya while the orange legs would be
vulpina :) I don't think you have any other species up there with that combination. Of course, if it was darker with black legs then we'd have much more trouble -
vulpina is the most distinctive species in that genus. They are also specialists on Heath. ;)
Edited by ChrisR on 08-07-2010 20:34
Posted by JariF on 08-07-2010 20:40
#6
Great :) Thank's Chris
Jari
Posted by Zeegers on 09-07-2010 13:16
#7
Linnaemyia is a difficult genus and vulpina is the exception that illustrates the rule, as we say in dutch.
Theo