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Ceranthia lichtwardtiana ♀ (Siphonini, Tachinidae)?
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Posted on 05-06-2026 14:22
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Yesterday on Aegopodium/Urtica, approx. 3 mm.
It started raining, when the fly climbed on my fingers, and didn't dare to use the flash.
Ansbach, 2025-06-04, garden near old deciduous forest in Frankenhoehe Nature Park

The best match I could find was female Ceranthia lichtwardtiana?

Abdomen laterally
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Abdomen dorsally
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laterally - to show the filiform palp
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bristles on wing
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venation
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Greetings, Eric
 
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Seems to be a male ? And antennal shape seems to suggest abdominalis ?

Csnt check my coll3ction now, please remind me later.

Theo
 
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