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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Peleteria iavana (varia), Tachinidae, June 28, 2021, near Budapest, Hungary

Posted by Xespok on 29-06-2021 23:38

I think this is Linnaemya vulpina.

However the antenna seems to be partiall orange in this fly, and mostly I see flies with fully black antenna. Is that just variation?

More images in inaturalist.org : https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/85027550

Edited by Xespok on 02-07-2021 14:34

Posted by eklans on 30-06-2021 08:21

Hi Gabor, can it be Peleteria varia?

Posted by Xespok on 30-06-2021 11:42

Yes, it could. I must have overlooked this species!

Posted by Zeegers on 01-07-2021 15:48

Peleteria and Linnaemyia are often confused, but eye is hairy in Linnaemyia and bare in Peleteria.

The current valid name of Peleteria varia is iavana (see Ziegler in Studia Dipterologica).

Theo

Posted by Xespok on 01-07-2021 21:35

Thanks for everyone solving this!

Posted by eklans on 02-07-2021 09:26

Hi Gabor, it's P. iavana.

Posted by Xespok on 02-07-2021 14:35

Thanks, my sight is slowly deteriorating.