 poss Tachinid Electophasia crassipennis
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| Stuart Ball |
Posted on 10-07-2007 09:30
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Hi there I saw this one fly feeding on umbellifers by the roadside at Royal Common, near Elstead ,Surrey. The area is mature deciduous woodland with plenty of open fresh water. It may be the tachinid Electophasia crassipennis. Would welcome other opinions. Stuart EDIT Paul Beuk: I happened to have a copy of the picture and cropped it. Moreover, I removed the spaces and the commas from the name and now it should be okay. 
Edited by Paul Beuk on 10-07-2007 10:11 |
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| Stuart Ball |
Posted on 10-07-2007 09:47
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This fly was seen on 7th July and was approx 8mm in size. Stuart |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 10-07-2007 09:50
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Hi Stuart - try removing any spaces in the file name and keep it under 200KB  I'm very excited to see the photo - I have been watching-out for any Ectophasia for a number of years! 
Edited by ChrisR on 10-07-2007 09:51 |
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| Stuart Ball |
Posted on 10-07-2007 09:53
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Hi Chris, thanks for the tip. Stuart |
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| Stuart Ball |
Posted on 10-07-2007 10:01
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am out of time, will get back with edited image and grid ref |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 10-07-2007 10:35
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Thanks for that Paul ... sadly it's just a female Phasia hemiptera  (Ectophasia spp. don't have a petiole) |
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| crex |
Posted on 10-07-2007 10:54
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Petiole is missing in the glossary. What is it? |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 10-07-2007 11:10
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In this case I mean the petiole in vein-m ... it's the "stalk" created when vein-m (median vein) meets r4+5 before the wing edge In most tachinids vein-m never joins r4+5 or it meets excactly at the wing edge. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 10-07-2007 11:30
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Try: petiole (quick and dirty).
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| crex |
Posted on 10-07-2007 11:51
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Member Location: Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
Thanx for the explanation! |
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