Eumea mitis (face)
Reported as "new to Britain" in the Dipterists Digest, vol 18, part 1, 2011, this rare Tachinid fly found its way into my conservatory where it was trapped and found dead on the floor last week (21-Apr-2014). The species inn't in my key to Tachinidae, but was strongly suggested by Theo Zeegers on diptera.info and confirmed by Chris Raper, to whom I sent the specimen for microscopic examination. See www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=60308. There are currently NO records for this species on the NBN Gateway!
The details for the record are:
Location: UK, East Suffolk, Ipswich, TM16644502, Indoors (in my conservatory).
Date: 21-Apr-2014
Found by M Cooper
Determined by C Raper.
Eumea mitis (face)
Reported as "new to Britain" in the Dipterists Digest, vol 18, part 1, 2011, this rare Tachinid fly found its way into my conservatory where it was trapped and found dead on the floor last week (21-Apr-2014). The species inn't in my key to Tachinidae, but was strongly suggested by Theo Zeegers on diptera.info and confirmed by Chris Raper, to whom I sent the specimen for microscopic examination. See www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=60308. There are currently NO records for this species on the NBN Gateway!
The details for the record are:
Location: UK, East Suffolk, Ipswich, TM16644502, Indoors (in my conservatory).
Date: 21-Apr-2014
Found by M Cooper
Determined by C Raper.