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Tachinidae ? 02 S Spain (Mintho ?)
Guillermo Booth Rea
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Posted on 08-09-2008 11:01
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 I think this one could be Mintho rufiventris.
Aprox. 10 mm. Shot on Eryngium campestre. Mountain dry grassland.
Sierra de Cazorla, S Spain. Aprox. 1300 masl.
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 I would say Mintho rufiventris, but I have been proven wrong with specimens from southern Europe Wink
 
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 If the stalk to the bend in vein M is that long, it is Mintho.


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