Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Siphona sp.? --> confirmed

Posted by Juergen Peters on 22-10-2007 19:37
#1
Hello!

A little (4-5 mm) fly from October-14 (Ostwestfalen/Germany) on a meadow near forest. I think it is a Siphona sp. (Tachinidae), but am not quite sure...
Edited by Juergen Peters on 22-10-2007 23:03

Posted by ChrisR on 22-10-2007 20:13
#2
I agree Smile

Posted by Juergen Peters on 22-10-2007 23:02
#3
Chris Raper wrote:
I agree Smile


Thanks a lot, Chris!

Posted by ChrisR on 22-10-2007 23:13
#4
Sorry we can't say more than 'Siphona sp.' but they are a very difficult genus. I would only say that in the UK 99% of the Siphona I catch are geniculata ... but in Russia 90% were flavifrons ... so maybe it isn't a good rule of thumb Wink

Posted by Juergen Peters on 22-10-2007 23:26
#5
Hello, Chris!

Chris Raper wrote:
I would only say that in the UK 99% of the Siphona I catch are geniculata ... but in Russia 90% were flavifrons


And Germany lies somewhere in the middle geographically Wink (ok, northwest Germany is more close to the UK...).