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Philippe moniotte
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Posted on 08-08-2010 08:58
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 Hi all,
This small sarcophagidea looks a lot ( to me) like Sphenometopa fastuosa in the gallery. But is it ?

Laudun, Vaucluse, France. June 18th 2010.
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 Your guess is correct on genus level. It is indeed Sphenometopa spec (Sarcophagidae, Miltogramminae)

But this is a large genus with difficult species. I would need at least a dorsal view to get closer on species level.

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 Thanks a lot.
Unfortunately, I don't have a decent dorsal picture. Just this one. You can barely see the color pattern, but no detail whatsoever.
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 It might be Sphenometopa fastuosa, but with the last picture I cannot rule out some other species.

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 Four species of Sphenometopa are known from France: eluta, fastuosa, stelviana, variegata. Only fastuosa is a good match for the photos presented here. Some other species of this large genus are very similar to fastuosa, but they have so far only been recorded outside Europe.
 
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 Thanks for your reply !
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