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Graeme Cocks
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 I'm confused about this fly. I thought that 3 broad thoracic stripes made it a Sarcophagidae. But the arista are bare, and the subscutellum seems prominent. Tachinidae? Although I'm not sure on that either. Does Tachinidae having a well developed subscutellum mean that it is bulging? Or, in the case of this fly, it is presenting as a broad surface but not bulging.
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 Some guy with initials G.C. submitted a similar fly to boldsystems from northeastern Australia. It is currently IDed as Protomiltogramma.

http://www.boldsy...xid=470835

Bare arista is typical of Miltogramminae, but where I live they don't have strong stripes like other Sarcophagidae.
 
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 Thanks John.
 
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Liekele Sijstermans
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 Hi Graeme,

The fly as submitted by the guy with initials G.C. is not Protomiltogramma but Amobia. Your fly is an Amobia too. Sarcophagidae, Miltogramminae.

Tachinidae indeed have a subscutellum that is bulging.

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 Thanks Liekele. I'll change that ID on BOLD.
 
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