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 Tachinidae: Mintho rufiventris?
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 06-06-2007 22:38
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14090 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello! Found today on a Leucanthemum in our courtyard (Ostwestfalen/Germany). Length about 8-10 mm. Is it M. rufiventris? Thanks! Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [36.1Kb] Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 06-06-2007 22:57
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 06-06-2007 23:28
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14090 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Chris! Chris Raper wrote: Yes Many thanks! :-) It's only the second time I've seen that species here. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 07-06-2007 00:28
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Well, that's better than I ever managed - I have never seen one in England myself but they are caught fairly regularly and they are present in most collections. Quite easy to confuse with Eriothrix rufomaculata if you can't see the laterally compressed abdomen. But Mintho has those 2 clear black bars on the anterior part of the thorax - Eriothrix has many more. |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 07-06-2007 00:55
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14090 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Chris! Chris Raper wrote: Quite easy to confuse with Eriothrix rufomaculata if you can't see the laterally compressed abdomen. That species is very abundant here later in summer. Additionally to the different body shape I find it is much more red in colouration. _012.jpg)
Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 07-06-2007 09:43
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Ahh, and the Eriothrix is showing the 4 black bars on ther anterior part of the thorax very well too |
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