Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid with strange wing veins. - Phytomyptera sp.
Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 14-08-2022 10:11
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Light trap in the garden, Southern Norway, Telemark 12 August. 4 mm.
Edited by Morten A Mjelde on 14-08-2022 16:29
Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 14-08-2022 10:11
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Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 14-08-2022 10:12
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Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 14-08-2022 10:12
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Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 14-08-2022 10:13
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Posted by eklans on 14-08-2022 10:35
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Hi Morton, I think it's an Actia lamia (post-angular vein missing).
Posted by John Carr on 14-08-2022 13:25
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Notice that m-cu is also missing and there is a single large bristle where vein Rs forks.
Phytomyptera.
Posted by eklans on 14-08-2022 15:08
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Thanks John, I've overlooked that.
Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 14-08-2022 16:17
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Thank you! :) Phytomyptera nigrina?
Morten
Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 14-08-2022 16:28
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In "The Tachinids (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Central Europe" there are only two species of Phytomyptera (nigrina and vaccinii), but in the Norwegian species list there are 8 species. How is this connected?
Morten
Posted by Zeegers on 14-08-2022 18:05
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Elfia has been shifted under Phtytomyptera.
Theo
Posted by John Carr on 14-08-2022 18:08
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Morten A Mjelde wrote:
In "The Tachinids (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Central Europe" there are only two species of Phytomyptera (nigrina and vaccinii), but in the Norwegian species list there are 8 species. How is this connected?
Morten
You will probably find the others under
Elfia.
Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 14-08-2022 19:15
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Thank you so much, John and Theo! It seems that it will be difficult to come to a species determination..
Morten