Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid from 25.06.21: Soliera?

Posted by Juergen Peters on 30-06-2021 21:32
#1
Hello,

a 7 mm fly from a meadow near a small brook (northwest Germany).

Posted by Juergen Peters on 30-06-2021 21:33
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Pic #2

Posted by Juergen Peters on 30-06-2021 21:33
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Pic #3

Posted by Juergen Peters on 30-06-2021 21:34
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Pic #4

Posted by eklans on 01-07-2021 08:13
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Hi Jürgen, yes, it's Solieria. The palps are yellow and moderately enlarged at the tip, the pulvilli are small: should be female S. vacua.

Posted by Zeegers on 01-07-2021 15:31
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Looks like a male to me and vacua is pretty rare in central Europe.

Theo

Posted by eklans on 01-07-2021 16:47
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Hi Theo, please enlighten me: why a male? And aren't the pulvilli very small and the palps thickend?

Thanks and best regards, Eric