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 Another Tachinidae ??
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| Tony T |
Posted on 17-08-2008 15:58
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 Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
15 August 2008, NB Canada. Length: 9mm
Tony T attached the following image:  [173.56Kb] |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 17-08-2008 16:17
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19050 Joined: 21.07.04 |
The nasty ovipositor (from the host's point of view) should be an important clue. Theo |
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| Tony T |
Posted on 17-08-2008 16:42
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Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
Phyllophilopsis ? Theo: Do you still want prints of Gymnoclytia? |
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| Jaakko |
Posted on 18-08-2008 11:34
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 Member Location: Joensuu, Finland Posts: 479 Joined: 04.08.08 |
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Edited by Jaakko on 18-08-2008 11:37 |
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| Jaakko |
Posted on 18-08-2008 11:36
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Member Location: Joensuu, Finland Posts: 479 Joined: 04.08.08 |
Habitus, ovipositor (tubulous, not sharp) and 2 st point to Winthemini, perhaps Nemorilla or Winthemia sp. You might have several species (or genuses) there! Jaakko Edited by Jaakko on 18-08-2008 11:37 |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 18-08-2008 19:44
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19050 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I agree with Jaakko, Winthemia / Carcelia was my very strong first impression. But be not fooled: the new world is a different universe ! (where I have no authority, by the way). Actually, consulting Wood in the Manual, Phyllophilopsis seems to be a good suggestion. In which case it is Blondellini, which I had never guessed. Note that the pra-alar bristle is invisible in the pic. Theo |
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| Jaakko |
Posted on 18-08-2008 23:28
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Member Location: Joensuu, Finland Posts: 479 Joined: 04.08.08 |
Live and learn... Some convergent evolution, I'd say!  Theo is right, the ia is too short. (Forum seems to be quite tricky today). Jaakko |
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| Tony T |
Posted on 19-08-2008 00:54
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Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
Thanks Theo and Jaakko for all the time you have put into this fly. Only 2 spp. of Phyllophilopsis in NA and the only species likely to reach NB is nitens. Wood in the Nearctic Manual shows a lateral view of the face of nitens (Fig 46, p.1216); my fly is obviously not a match. So we go back to Nemorilla or Winthemia? Would a dorsal view help? Tony T attached the following image:  [154.69Kb] |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 19-08-2008 20:12
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19050 Joined: 21.07.04 |
The parafacialia are hairy. I could have seen that on the second pic. Why didn't I stick to the rule not to comment on nearctic Tachinidae ? So Tony, if you please could make a lateral picture of the thorax, we will probably see 5 humerals and a strong prae-alar,in which case Jaakko was right all along. Theo |
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