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Muscidae -> Helina impuncta / depuncta
Marion Friedrich
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 Is an ID possible? All pictures are shot in Germany, Saxony, Chemnitz. The first two picture are from Mai 2004. Is the male fly a Helina sp.?
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 and now a female fly from end of September 2008.

Thank you. Marion
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 First two photos look like Helina impuncta, but i have doubt (it seems to have 4 katepisternals)
Maybe Stephane Lebrun can tel more! (expert)
Last one...female Helina depunta.

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 Thank you. I´ll wait for the expert. Maybe he visits this treat.
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 The male is Helina impuncta, the female is either H. impuncta or H. depuncta (depending on aristal hairs length).
Stephane.
 
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 Thanks, Stephane.
Best wishes, Marion
 
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