Posted by Kahis on 05-04-2011 14:08
#10
ChrisR wrote:
Very interesting - here it is incredibly rare. I seem to only catch S.geniculata, cristata or maculata here :(
I have to side with
neprisikiski on this one: Siphona ingerae is not particularly rare in Finland, in fact it is among the more common
Siphonas during its mid-spring flight time.
No comments on the identification of the
Siphona in the pictures from me, it's been a while since I last looked at these very frustrating tachinids. I usually just give up after a while and send my material to specialists to be determined, sigh. With 15 species in my reference collection I am still unable to sort them out with any confidence (except a few species,
S. ingerae included).