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 Periscepsia handlirschi (Tachinidae)
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 17-03-2008 16:46
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 Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
This tachinid was moving its wings a lot while running on the ground. What species may it be? location: Barcelos, Portugal date: 16/03/2008  
Edited by Rui Andrade on 27-03-2008 01:02 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 17-03-2008 17:03
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Wagneriini tribe? |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 17-03-2008 18:07
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19307 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Correct. This one we can actually get to genus level: Periscepsia should be carbonaria, (only species in Spain, isn't it ?) Theo |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 17-03-2008 18:39
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
For Spain it has P. carbonaria (Panzer, 1798) and P. handlirschi. For Portugal only P. carbonaria. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 17-03-2008 20:43
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19307 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Yes, I had my doubts and now I can see it: the first antennal segment is much too long for carbonaria. SO this is P. handlirschi. Handlirschi occurs more inland in mountains, whereas carbonaria occurs more at sandy shores. Does that make sense ? Theo |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 17-03-2008 21:06
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Zeegers wrote: Yes, I had my doubts and now I can see it: the first antennal segment is much too long for carbonaria. SO this is P. handlirschi. Handlirschi occurs more inland in mountains, whereas carbonaria occurs more at sandy shores. Does that make sense ? Theo not much... barcelos is not so far from beach: http://maps.googl...8&t=h&z=10 about 15 km. And it doesn't have real mountains around. Only hills. It is nearly flat with some hills around. |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 18-03-2008 12:19
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
Thank you very much both of you .Zeegers wrote: Handlirschi occurs more inland in mountains, whereas carbonaria occurs more at sandy shores. Does that make sense ? Well, Barcelos isn't really mountainous. I'm not sure if this is important, but the vegetation on the place is tipical of the one found in mountains (Ulex spp., Calluna sp., Cytisus sp., etc). |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 18-03-2008 19:20
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19307 Joined: 21.07.04 |
OK, with shore I really meant 'beach', like sandy shore. In any case, it is not carbonaria, it should be handlirschi Theo |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 18-03-2008 21:12
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
Thanks Theo |
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