Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Siphona sp.? --> confirmed
Posted by Juergen Peters on 22-10-2007 19:37
#1
Hello!
A little (4-5 mm) fly from October-14 (Ostwestfalen/Germany) on a meadow near forest. I think it is a
Siphona sp. (Tachinidae), but am not quite sure...
Edited by Juergen Peters on 22-10-2007 23:03
Posted by ChrisR on 22-10-2007 20:13
#2
I agree :)
Posted by Juergen Peters on 22-10-2007 23:02
#3
Chris Raper wrote:
I agree :)
Thanks a lot, Chris!
Posted by ChrisR on 22-10-2007 23:13
#4
Sorry we can't say more than '
Siphona sp.' but they are a very difficult genus. I would only say that in the UK 99% of the
Siphona I catch are
geniculata ... but in Russia 90% were
flavifrons ... so maybe it isn't a good rule of thumb ;)
Posted by Juergen Peters on 22-10-2007 23:26
#5
Hello, Chris!
Chris Raper wrote:
I would only say that in the UK 99% of the Siphona I catch are geniculata ... but in Russia 90% were flavifrons
And Germany lies somewhere in the middle geographically ;) (ok, northwest Germany is more close to the UK...).