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Ephydridae => Setacera aurata
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Jan Willem |
Posted on 16-12-2014 10:56
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Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2125 Joined: 24.07.04 |
Since I have very little experience with Ephydridae, I wonder if anyone can help me out with the following specimen, collected at light on August 15th 2006 (yep, on old one) in Tilburg, the Netherlands.
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Jan Willem |
Posted on 16-12-2014 10:56
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Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2125 Joined: 24.07.04 |
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Jan Willem |
Posted on 16-12-2014 10:57
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Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2125 Joined: 24.07.04 |
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John Carr |
Posted on 16-12-2014 14:20
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Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9841 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Setacera, named after the extra bristle near the arista. |
Jan Willem |
Posted on 16-12-2014 15:11
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Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2125 Joined: 24.07.04 |
Thanks a lot John!
Jan Willem van Zuijlen |
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Tony Irwin |
Posted on 16-12-2014 15:32
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7193 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Difficult to say which species from this angle. Can you get a ventral shot of the abdomen?
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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Jan Willem |
Posted on 16-12-2014 15:37
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Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2125 Joined: 24.07.04 |
Hi Tony, After the direction John pointed me in, I had a look at a few keys I have on Ephydridae. I now came to the conclusion that it must be Setacera micans, given the normal setosity on the sternites. Edited by Jan Willem on 16-12-2014 15:38 Jan Willem van Zuijlen |
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Jan Willem |
Posted on 25-02-2017 15:25
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Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2125 Joined: 24.07.04 |
Studied a number of other Setacera specimens from the same location and came to the conclusion that I was wrong about this being Setacera micans. Given the fact that all the males found at the same location turn out to belong to Setacera aurata, the females most probably also belong to this species.
Jan Willem van Zuijlen |
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