Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Saltella sphondylii (m, f), Sepdidae, Jul 14, Murau, Austria
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| Xespok |
Posted on 22-11-2021 08:20
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Is this the male of Parapiophila vulgaris? I found this fly in copula with a slighltly larger female, which had black scutellum, unlike the male. Xespok attached the following image:  [57.25Kb] Edited by Xespok on 22-11-2021 10:35 Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 22-11-2021 08:21
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Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Another image.
Xespok attached the following image:  [91.96Kb] Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 22-11-2021 08:32
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Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
And is this the possible female with black scutellum.
Xespok attached the following image:  [136.25Kb] Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 22-11-2021 08:33
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Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Another image
Xespok attached the following image:  [105.57Kb] Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 22-11-2021 08:36
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Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
A copula between the presumed male and female. Note that there were a lot of Piophilids on the cow dung, and I am not absoultely sure if only one species was represented.
Xespok attached the following image:  [109.92Kb] Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 22-11-2021 09:09
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
It looks like Saltella sphondylii Sepsidae, but I could be wrong [again]  |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 22-11-2021 10:34
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Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
No, you are absolutely right. I have never before seen this species.
Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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