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Hippoboscidae - Ornithomya chloropus
Morten A Mjelde
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Caught with insect net in lush scrub 1000 masl. Body length 3.7 mm. Dovre, Norway 24 July. Ornithomya fringillina?

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Would be my first guess. Without seeing microtrichia on wing, difficult to exclude chloropus for sure.

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Thanks! Maybe these pictures can be helpful. A wing from both sides.
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Thanks.

Chloropus it is.


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Morten - Yes I agree with O. chloropus - but these Norwegian pics show differences from the specimens I have caught in the last few weeks which have a shiny polished black thoracic disc, scutellum and frons. Perhaps we should swap specimens and do a comparison .... Iain .
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Thank you so much!
Iain: .... or I can send this along with the other flies I will send at the end of the season.

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