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 Siphona ??
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| mick |
Posted on 18-07-2009 21:47
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Member Location: Chiswick, London Posts: 16 Joined: 01.07.08 |
Pointers to the id of this fly would be much appreciated. The proboscis appears to be rigid for most of it's length. Thanks, Mick. mick attached the following image:  [32.59Kb] |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 18-07-2009 21:58
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Prosena siberita - Tachinidae. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 18-07-2009 23:50
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Jorge is correct - the proboscis on Siphona is jointed and they are much smaller - this is Prosena siberita 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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