Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Is this S.carnaria?
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| jezlee |
Posted on 11-09-2009 10:34
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 Member Location: West Midlands, UK Posts: 195 Joined: 12.06.06 |
Can anyone tell from this photograph if it is Sarcophaga carnaria? If so, I couldn't find one in the Gallery?
jezlee attached the following image:  [138Kb] Edited by jezlee on 11-09-2009 10:35 Jez Lee www.uknature.co.uk |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 11-09-2009 11:09
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
It's probably Sarcophaga but it's impossible to tell species from photos because they're all genitalia-jobs ... you need a male and you have to look at his 'bits' to tell which species it is ... and even then the differences are very small 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| jezlee |
Posted on 11-09-2009 11:15
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Member Location: West Midlands, UK Posts: 195 Joined: 12.06.06 |
ChrisR wrote: It's probably Sarcophaga but it's impossible to tell species from photos because they're all genitalia-jobs ... you need a male and you have to look at his 'bits' to tell which species it is ... and even then the differences are very small Thanks, Chris – I thought you might say something like that! 
Jez Lee www.uknature.co.uk |
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| Jan HC Velterop |
Posted on 23-10-2009 16:48
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Member Location: Enschede NL 7544 ZE 106 Posts: 56 Joined: 08.03.06 |
It is definitely a Sarcophaga (Sarcophaga) male, with broad parafacials and 2 strong marginals on abdominal T3. From the yellow colouring of the parafacials I "feel inclined" to say "S.(S.) subvicina", but I cannot exclude the other 2 british species. Jan H.C.Velterop. |
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