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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 18-07-2014 18:36
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 Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Found feeding on Oenanthe crocata in Madrid mountains on 12.06.2014. Any ideas?? Thanks a lot!! 
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 18-07-2014 18:36
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Another view.
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 18-07-2014 18:37
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
And another.
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 18-07-2014 19:01
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18518 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Pity we can't see the antenna properly. Looks like a Dexiini, and given the ad-row on tibia 3 one minds goes to the genus Billaea. Without being sure on the genus, I amnot going to speculate at species level. Theo |
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| ValerioW |
Posted on 18-07-2014 19:03
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 Member Location: Padova - Italy Posts: 982 Joined: 01.06.12 |
I think is a Sarcophagidae
Edited by ValerioW on 18-07-2014 19:03 |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 18-07-2014 19:10
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18518 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Well, it certainly looks like a Sarc at first glance. However, the lack of bristles on the parafacial and the mentioned comb on tibia 3 makes this unlikely. If it is a Sarc, it is definitely a special one. Theo |
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| ValerioW |
Posted on 18-07-2014 19:17
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Member Location: Padova - Italy Posts: 982 Joined: 01.06.12 |
Zeegers wrote: Well, it certainly looks like a Sarc at first glance. However, the lack of bristles on the parafacial and the mentioned comb on tibia 3 makes this unlikely. If it is a Sarc, it is definitely a special one. Theo Yes, fully agree. I replied too fast. The head shape didn't convince me too. And in photo 3 the subscutellum seems too prominent for a typical fleshfly. |
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 18-07-2014 19:20
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Theo, Valerio, thanks a lot!! My own thoughts  : I also thought of Sarcophagidae but I ruled it out by the shape of median vein. And I also thought of Billaea but not because I have much knowledge but because this seems to be a good year for Billaea and I see too many similarities with the ones I have already photographed this year. This would be the first female I see Theo, if the antennae are of any hep I can try to rescue a detail of them Won't be a great picture but if it is of any interest it will be worth the effort  |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 19-07-2014 08:52
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18518 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I need to be able to estimate the length of hairs on arista vs. width of third antennal segment. If you can make that happen....... theo |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 19-07-2014 08:53
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18518 Joined: 21.07.04 |
And yet, it moght still be an Estheria with open topcel. Those exist. Need to work on that. Theo |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 19-07-2014 12:27
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18518 Joined: 21.07.04 |
No discal bristles present, so no Estheria. Theo |
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| Thomas Pape |
Posted on 13-09-2014 10:15
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Member Location: Natural History Museum of Denmark Posts: 110 Joined: 29.08.05 |
Theo is right, this is not a flesh fly, and to me it looks like Tachinidae. There are similarities to Sarcophagidae, like the checkered abdominal pattern, and the stripes on thorax, but note that the stripes are not the typical three black stripes. Also, you can actually just see the swollen subscutellum on one of the photos.
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 13-09-2014 10:19
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Billaea? |
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