Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Siphona->Siphona setosa (M)
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| Nacho Cabellos |
Posted on 05-01-2026 21:57
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 Member Location: Spain Posts: 1556 Joined: 27.09.09 |
Mediterranean scrub. South center of spain. 600 m. October. I don't have any keys to this genus...if it really is Siphona. Nacho Cabellos attached the following image:  [251.52Kb] Edited by Nacho Cabellos on 06-01-2026 12:51 |
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| Nacho Cabellos |
Posted on 05-01-2026 21:57
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Member Location: Spain Posts: 1556 Joined: 27.09.09 |
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| Nacho Cabellos |
Posted on 05-01-2026 21:58
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Member Location: Spain Posts: 1556 Joined: 27.09.09 |
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| Nacho Cabellos |
Posted on 05-01-2026 21:58
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Member Location: Spain Posts: 1556 Joined: 27.09.09 |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 05-01-2026 22:26
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 Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10564 Joined: 22.10.10 |
It is Siphona. The key in Cerretti's I tachinidi della fauna italiana is likely to work for Spain. I hesitate to try to identify Siphona to species. The North American species are quite difficult. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 06-01-2026 10:41
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19255 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Normally, Siphona are hopeless from pics. But this definitely looks like the male of S. setosa. Which is an autumn species, so that makes sense as well. Theo |
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| Nacho Cabellos |
Posted on 06-01-2026 12:52
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Member Location: Spain Posts: 1556 Joined: 27.09.09 |
Ohoho! Thanks a lot!!! |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 06-01-2026 18:40
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Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10564 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Cerretti's key says Siphona setosa should have median marginals on T1+2. I don't see them, only some hairs that are a little longer than the rest. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 07-01-2026 12:05
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19255 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Yes, I know. But it seems they are present, but broken half off. Check last pic, difficult to see. Theo |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 07-01-2026 12:06
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19255 Joined: 21.07.04 |
First pic better, you can see the pore right. Definitely broken off. |
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