Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tephritid, Suffolk, Aug 2015
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| Martin Cooper |
Posted on 19-08-2015 15:00
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Member Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 628 Joined: 01.05.12 |
I'd appreciate your help identifying the species of this fly. It was sitting on kitchen paper in my kitchen bin (Ipswich, VC25 East Suffolk, TM166450) today 19 Aug 2015. I have the specimen if images from any different angles are needed. Best wishes, Martin Martin Cooper attached the following image:  [197.63Kb] |
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| Martin Cooper |
Posted on 19-08-2015 23:00
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Member Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 628 Joined: 01.05.12 |
Here is another photo with the wings better separated.
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| Martin Cooper |
Posted on 19-08-2015 23:01
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Member Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 628 Joined: 01.05.12 |
... and one showing the side and legs. Wing length is about 4mm.
Martin Cooper attached the following image:  [197.03Kb] Edited by Martin Cooper on 19-08-2015 23:03 |
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| Martin Cooper |
Posted on 20-08-2015 00:05
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Member Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 628 Joined: 01.05.12 |
side view
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| Martin Cooper |
Posted on 20-08-2015 00:06
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Member Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 628 Joined: 01.05.12 |
another side view
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| Ben Hamers |
Posted on 20-08-2015 19:25
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Member Location: Heerlen ( Holland ) Posts: 739 Joined: 16.12.04 |
My vote goes to Tephritis matricariae. Ben Tephritidae |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 20-08-2015 19:48
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Yes ii is. No other options.
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| Martin Cooper |
Posted on 20-08-2015 21:17
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Member Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 628 Joined: 01.05.12 |
Thanks Ben and Valery! |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 21-08-2015 13:26
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7352 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Martin kindly sent me the specimen, and I have checked the aculeus tip to confirm that it is matricariae. But John Smit has suggested that the oviscapt is normally black in matricariae - any comments on variation in oviscapt colour?
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 21-08-2015 17:49
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Member Location: Posts: 3581 Joined: 28.12.07 |
I believe it can vary; I have never checked Bitish specimens. The key characters are white p npl, white abdominal setulae and the wing pattern, with dark pattern entering the anal lobe. Val |
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| oxycera |
Posted on 21-08-2015 20:54
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Member Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire Posts: 251 Joined: 31.12.09 |
Specimens from South Yorkshire have oviscape as in this case. |
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