Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae from Norway - Bothria frontosa
Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 11-04-2016 21:53
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Found in pine-forest yesterday. There was quite a few of them!
Edited by Morten A Mjelde on 13-04-2016 20:33
Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 11-04-2016 21:53
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Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 11-04-2016 21:54
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Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 11-04-2016 21:55
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Posted by Zeegers on 12-04-2016 07:18
#5
Really ?
A very nice Bothria frontosa. Very early spring species, therefore little recorded.
Theo
Posted by John Carr on 12-04-2016 12:44
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This one confused me because Goniini aren't supposed to have such hairy eyes.
Posted by Zeegers on 12-04-2016 13:58
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I don't follow you, John. Bothria is related to Phryno, which has very hairy eyes as well.
I am not aware that Goniini should have less hairy eyes than Eryciini.
If you are suggesting Bothria is closely related to Gonia: it is not.
In the Gonia-clade, eyes are bare indeed.
Theo
Posted by John Carr on 12-04-2016 14:38
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Zeegers wrote:
I don't follow you, John. Bothria is related to Phryno, which has very hairy eyes as well.
I am not aware that Goniini should have less hairy eyes than Eryciini.
If you are suggesting Bothria is closely related to Gonia: it is not.
In the Gonia-clade, eyes are bare indeed.
Theo
In North America the very long haired eyes tend to be in Eryciini. This is not a statistically justified observation; it could be biased by how common
Gonia is.
Posted by Zeegers on 12-04-2016 18:08
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OK.
It never occurred to me for the Palaearctic fauna.
I think it is a nice illustration that we 'live on different planets' as I tend to put it.
Gonia is pretty uncommon around here.
Theo
Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 12-04-2016 22:12
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Thanks a lot!!
I found some 7-8 such flies, and it was certainly more of them in the area. (I guess...)
Rosevinge