Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae Blondelia nigripes - not Admontia seria
Posted by eklans on 28-06-2026 13:42
#1
Ansbach, 2026-05-12, at an insect font in garden near old deciduous forest in Frankenhoehe Nature Park
Is it a female
Admontia seria?
EDIT No, it's
Blondelia nigripes
Edited by eklans on 30-06-2026 16:26
Posted by eklans on 28-06-2026 13:43
#2
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Posted by Zeegers on 29-06-2026 10:01
#3
Female Admontia have strongly flattened frontal tarsi.
This is a female Blondelia nigripes.
Theo
Posted by eklans on 30-06-2026 12:53
#4
Thank you Theo - this time tachinidae.eu led me to
Admontia while a resembling one (same place nearly same date) is filed as Blondelia nigripes. Checking the reason why
Blondelia disappeared in my interpreted key I found "2 dc pre" on/off.
btw: Cerretti (2010): I tachinidi della fauna italiana says about A. seria: "Femmina: tarso anteriore stretto" (female's fore tars narrow)?
Posted by Zeegers on 30-06-2026 15:21
#5
Yes. I would never use this world (at least, not according to the translation).
I would say 'flattened'
By the way, basal thickened part of arista is longer in Admontia than in Blondelia, which also makes you (me) reject Admontia instantly.
Theo
Posted by eklans on 30-06-2026 16:17
#6
Thanks a lot for the quick reply, Theo, and the very useful information to reject Admontia if in doubt. As you said some time ago: "All tachinids are grey but some are more grey than others." And these are very grey!
Posted by Zeegers on 02-07-2026 08:53
#7
Always nice to be confronted with your own slogans.
"Anything you say, can (and will) be used against you" :)