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Tachinidae from California. - Linnaemya comta [JC]
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Found this one above the beach at Alameda, San Francisco on 15th July 2023. ID'able from these photos?
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I think Linnaemya comta, according to the key of Brooks (1944) the only North American species with pale-haired pleura. In place of a description he adds, "This species is sufficiently well known in both adult and immature stages so that no additional description is needed."
 
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Thanks for the ID John, appreciated Smile
 
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