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Conical Tachinid from 16.05.13
Juergen Peters
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Posted on 18-05-2013 17:19
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Hello!

Another one from our garden (northwest Germany). About 8 mm.
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Could be an Exorista?

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I can see where you're going but it doesn't look quite right for Exorista ... bristles on the parafacial don't descend far enough.
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Hello, Jaakko and Chris!

After looking at some of my older pictures I wonder, if it could be a Meigenia.
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ChrisR wrote:
I can see where you're going but it doesn't look quite right for Exorista ... bristles on the parafacial don't descend far enough.


I was staring at that feature too... but couldn´t think of anything else with such a strong m-vein bend and without facial bristles. Maybe misleading to think it´s an Exoristinae? What about Eumea?

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Eumea was going to be my guess (from general appearance) if anyone pushed me ... I just decided to keep it to myself in case I was way,way out Grin
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