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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Tachininae » Tachinini » Tachina » Tachina latianulum
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Tachina latianulum
Copyright © 2007 Hartmut Wisch

Tachina latianulum
Mount Pinos summit, elev. 8831 ft (2692m), Ventura County, California, USA
July 17, 2007
Observed in the company of a few others of the same sp., all looking freshly hatched, taking nectar in Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus .
I just saw several specimen labeled Tachina latianulum which corresponds quite well with this fly, at least from memory. Looking around, I noticed a post from Oregon by the Balabans, posted under Tachina, which seems to be the same species.
Update: compared with specimen at Cal State Northridge.

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 21 July, 2007 - 1:28am
Last updated 26 September, 2007 - 1:38pm

Moved
Moved from Tachina.
… Hartmut Wisch, 13 September, 2007 - 8:16am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Hartmut Wisch, 17 August, 2007 - 1:34pm login or register to post comments

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Why don't you move this one to genus level at least if you are not absollutely sure of the species. It shouldn't be in Diptera, don't you think?
Nice images, I am sure that an expert would have no trouble IDing it.
… Beatriz Moisset, 17 August, 2007 - 8:37am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Beatriz -
just returned from the Olympics and will try to update things. Actually, I did compare with actual specimen, think that it is a match, but cautiously would like to check whether there are any very similar spp. For now I'll follow your suggestion and move it to genus.
… Hartmut Wisch, 17 August, 2007 - 1:32pm login or register to post comments

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