Thread subject: Diptera.info :: UK, Tachinidae, Bessa?
Posted by sd on 18-07-2011 10:32
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UK, Suffolk, mixed vegetation on sandy soil. 1st June. Size 4mm approx.
Might this be
Bessa? With discals on tergites 3 and 4, it would then be
Bessa selecta
Steve
Posted by sd on 18-07-2011 10:33
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Posted by sd on 18-07-2011 10:33
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Posted by sd on 18-07-2011 10:34
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Posted by ChrisR on 18-07-2011 10:37
#5
It's something I see rarely so it would always be better to key it through - but it does look like a
Bessa ... small, wide frons ... otherwise fairly anonymous! ;)
Posted by sd on 20-08-2011 16:41
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Chris has now seen this specimen and confirms the id:)
Steve