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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Other tachnidae ?

Posted by guenille on 08-08-2007 18:23

I Think it is a tachnidae but I can't explain why in english.
Ifeel so stupid
Edith

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Edited by guenille on 08-08-2007 18:24

Posted by Zeegers on 08-08-2007 19:45

Any indication of size ?
4 - 8 or 12 mm ?

Theo

Posted by guenille on 08-08-2007 19:54

by looking at the sheet on which it was posed I will say 8mm

Posted by Zeegers on 09-08-2007 07:45

It reminds me of some Solieria, but the head is out of focus, so we can't see the bristles there, alas...

Theo

Posted by ChrisR on 09-08-2007 09:29

Yes, I agree - also would be nice to see the scutellum for those 2 pairs of scutellar bristles.

Posted by guenille on 09-08-2007 16:53

I hope it can help you.
Sorry for the quality. I hate wind

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Posted by Zeegers on 09-08-2007 17:13

Well, I still go for Solieria.
It's a male with long tarsal claws, so no pacifica.
Given the width of vertex, this leaves either fenestrata or vacua. Somehow, it doesn't look much like fenestrata.
....

Theo

Posted by guenille on 09-08-2007 17:39

Thanks Theo
I still have many work for you

Posted by Zeegers on 09-08-2007 20:08

OK, keep posting

Theo