Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid>Solieria pacifica
Posted by philporter on 19-08-2012 15:21
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I'm having to pass this on because whichever key I use the answer is the same - Leskia aurea. Caught 15/8/12 Temple Bruer, Lincolnshire UK. However it doesn't look anywhere near as bright as some of the European pictures on the Forum and the antennae look rather large and dark. Over to you.....
Regards Phil Porter
Edited by philporter on 20-08-2012 21:05
Posted by philporter on 19-08-2012 15:21
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Posted by philporter on 19-08-2012 15:22
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Posted by ChrisR on 19-08-2012 19:29
#4
Not
Leskia ;) Does is have a plumose arista? If so then try
Dinera grisescens and if not then try female
Solieria.
Posted by philporter on 20-08-2012 11:17
#5
Thanks Chris. In that case it appears to be Solieria. You say female? I was hoping these terminalia were male, in which case it would be S. pacifica.
Posted by philporter on 20-08-2012 11:18
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Posted by ChrisR on 20-08-2012 12:34
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That's ok - you're right - male :) The colour in the first photos was a bit confusing :)
Posted by Zeegers on 20-08-2012 20:44
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So it is S. pacifica, by far the most common one.
Theo
Posted by philporter on 20-08-2012 21:10
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Thanks Chris and Theo. Incidently I originally went wrong in the key at the couplet separating species with orange patches on side of abdomen, which I followed as I considered the
whole
abdomen to be orange. I now see that I have posted this species before, picturing a specimen that was less brightly coloured.
Regards
Phil