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Tachinidae indet.
Janbi
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ID-request. Tachinidae indet. (?) photobombing my photo-session with a Cheilosia flavipes :-)
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Muscidae, or Anthom?
not a Tachinid.

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Maybe a Drymeia. Most species are found at high altitude or latitude.
 
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Thank you! 6 species of Drymeia are known from Switzerland according to the Diptera checklist.
 
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It must be Drymeia hamata, the only central European species of the genus with a long proboscis. Found in mountains up to 2,200 meters. I saw an American species of Drymeia at 4,300 meters.
 
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Thank you. That species is on the swiss diptera checklist.
 
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