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Hello!

Another rather bad photo of a 10 mm fly from Ostwestfalen/Germany (yesterday, tree in our garden). I think this one belongs to the Tachinidae, right? Thanks in advance!

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Hello!

When looking at the sides of the abdomen I can recognize red spots. So now I'll go for Mintho rufiventris, right?

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It would be my best guess, but the photo wasn't really clear enough for me to make a confident identification. We don't get many Mintho rufiventris here and I have never seen them in the wild :(

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Thanks, Chris! If it was M. rufiventris, it was my first find of this species, too.

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The broad vittae on thorax are characteristic for Minthoini, with in central Europe just 1 species: Mintho rufiventris.
It is a female.
(Missed original post due to holiday)
The species is not uncommon, especially in gardens, on mainland Europe. It can often be found on windows as well.
Eriothrix rufomaculata, a summer species with reddish spots on tergites, has a different build and lacks the thoracic pattern.
(and completely different head profile)

Theo Zeegers

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Hello, Theo!



Thank a lot for the confirmation! Eriothrix rufomaculatus (see below) is very abundant here in later summer, but I had never seen Mintho before (a new one for my Tachinid page :-) http://insektenfo...inidae.htm; I hope, all species there are correctly identified...).