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unknown fly -> Helina sp.
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Posted on 16-02-2008 22:17
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Granada, Southern Spain, 1500 m. 16 February 2008

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Muscidae..
 
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It's a female Helina. Could be Helina reversio, but impossible to be sure.

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Hmm, I see an ad on mid tibia, so not Helina reversio. Helina sp.
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I am a beginner....but I thought is was a Coenosia tigrina ?

Where am I wrong in my thoughts ??

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I think Coenosia are small, this is a bit larger than Musca domestica...

Stephane, I have more photos... what characters are important?

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Joke,
Coenosia have 1 dorsocentral before suture, 3 beyond (1+3dc). Here, 2+4.
Coenosia don't have prealar setae. Here there is one.
Coenosia have 3 katepisternal (=sternopleural) setae arranged in equilateral triangle. Here, not the case.
...Coenosia have only 1 orbital bristle, here two...
Javig, only a collected specimen could give a definite ID with this genus.
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Not Coenosia.

prealar seta is absent in ALMOST ALL Coenosinae.. Wink
and this fly has prealar seta.

 
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Stephane Lebrun wrote:
Joke,
Coenosia have 1 dorsocentral before suture, 3 beyond (1+3dc). Here, 2+4.
Coenosia don't have prealar setae. Here there is one.
Coenosia have 3 katepisternal (=sternopleural) setae arranged in equilateral triangle. Here, not the case.
...Coenosia have only 1 orbital bristle, here two...
Javig, only a collected specimen could give a definite ID with this genus.


and Joke... see the overview section for these terms. Pfft
 
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Luckely it is Sunday tomorrow, so I can translate everythin tomorrow in Dutch hole day....GrinGrinGrin

Thanks and I wil study it !!!!

Joke
 
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Stephane, I think that Helina reversio has ad on mid tibia. Why do you think it hasn't?
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In d'Asis Fonseca key, couplet 39, page 51:
...Middle tibia without an anterodorsal bristle...duplicata

Unless duplicata is not the old name for reversio in this book ?
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Yes, Anthomyia duplicata (Meig.) = Helina duplicata = Helina reversio (Harris). And indeed, very variable species Shock
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