Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Muscidae - lost specimen
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| Sam Thomas |
Posted on 19-11-2022 13:32
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Member Location: Oxford Posts: 57 Joined: 03.03.16 |
Hi, Does anyone recgonsie this? I didn't recognise it so took a photo but it then pinged off my desk and despite considerable searching I've not been able to relocate it. It was taken from dunes on the Norfolk coast in eastern England in July. Thanks for any help, Sam Sam Thomas attached the following image:  [277.82Kb] Edited by Sam Thomas on 19-11-2022 13:34 |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 19-11-2022 13:55
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
A rough guess would be a female Pegomya sp. Anthomyiidae, [best left on the floor]  |
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| Sam Thomas |
Posted on 19-11-2022 14:12
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Member Location: Oxford Posts: 57 Joined: 03.03.16 |
Did think antho but a quick check before I lost it seemed to show a short anal vein and no hairs under the scutellum, could be wrong though |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 19-11-2022 21:04
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7327 Joined: 19.11.04 |
It would be good to see a dorsal view, but have you considered Pseudocoenosia abnormis?
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Sam Thomas |
Posted on 20-11-2022 18:39
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Member Location: Oxford Posts: 57 Joined: 03.03.16 |
Hi Tony, Thanks for the suggestion. I've found another in my sample and Matt Harrow has a few more from the same collecting event. It seems to be Coenosia minutalis but about half of the specimens have a week extra lower front bristle on the katepisternum on both sides while the rest have the normal Coenosiinae three bristles. |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 20-11-2022 20:58
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7327 Joined: 19.11.04 |
That's interesting. I wonder how many more Coenosia can have the extra katepisternal? At least the male genitalia are helpful!
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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