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 Servaisia sp.
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| Enka |
Posted on 05-04-2013 19:11
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 Member Location: Belgrade, Serbia Posts: 618 Joined: 14.12.11 |
Please, can someone identify the species of this fly? The picture is taken on 6th of October 2012 in Serbia. Thanks. Enka attached the following image:  [60.74Kb] Edited by Enka on 15-04-2013 23:50 |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 05-04-2013 19:55
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Sarcophagidae.
Stephane. |
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| Thomas Pape |
Posted on 14-04-2013 21:09
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Member Location: Natural History Museum of Denmark Posts: 110 Joined: 29.08.05 |
Flesh flies of the subfamily Sarcophaginae are difficult to identify without seeing the male terminalia. In this case I take notice of three issues: 1) Male abdominal pattern not of the typical checker-board type but more towards a median stripe and lateral spots. 2) Male abdomen slightly more tapering (males of Sarcophaga spp. have a more parallel-sided abdomen). 3) Male terminalia red, and slightly smaller than 'typical' Sarcophaga spp. This leads me to suggest Blaesoxipha (Servaisia) sp. These are grasshopper parasitoids. /Thomas Thomas Pape |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 15-04-2013 20:51
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Thanks for the explanation Thomas - I like the Sarcophaginae as a group and they make a good alternative to collect on bad tachinid days 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Enka |
Posted on 15-04-2013 23:49
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Member Location: Belgrade, Serbia Posts: 618 Joined: 14.12.11 |
Thanks for all Thomas. |
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