Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinidae from Beret - Pyrynees - Rhamphina pedemontana!
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 14-08-2011 12:25
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Hi I caught this fantastic Tachinidae with a very long proboscis, but it is not clearly a Prosena siberita. I thought in Rhamphina but it seems that is not ones... it has golden dust (very soft) and the abdomen with very strong pair of bristles in each tergite... So what is this beauty? jorgemotalmeida attached the following image:  [179.95Kb] Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2011 15:44 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 14-08-2011 12:30
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 14-08-2011 14:58
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Very nice fly - I've never seen anything like it before  Looks like Dexiinae to me so maybe close to Prosena.
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 14-08-2011 15:12
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Hope Theo can tell the genus of this one. I will put photos later. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 14-08-2011 15:14
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Is the arista plumose? Looks bare ... so not like Prosena 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 14-08-2011 15:15
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
it is bare. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 14-08-2011 15:34
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19261 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Except for its colour, it seems to agree with Rhamphina pedemontana, so my guess is it might be just that or veryclose. Amazing fly ! Theo |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 14-08-2011 15:43
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
WOW! Many thanks, Theo!!! And also to Rámon to take us to Beret! |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 14-08-2011 15:59
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Yes, if it was black I would say that it is close to the R.pedemontanum I have here ... but they are not even the slightest bit red ... has anyone seen Rhamphina rectirostris?
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 14-08-2011 16:08
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
taken with xperia mini. The habitat for Rhamphina. Amazing place! jorgemotalmeida attached the following image:  [183.52Kb] |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 14-08-2011 16:33
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
That's superb habitat ... reminds me of where I caught Rhamphina on the French side of the Pyrennes, years ago
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 14-08-2011 16:48
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
yes, Chris. And we were in more fantastic places full of Umbelliferae, but with fewer flies feeding on them than expected due the scarcity of the rain.  |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 14-08-2011 21:27
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
According to the Mesnil's description mine Rhamphina shows a female specimen. For a male specimen go here: http://www.dipter...d_id=33128 Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2011 21:28 |
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