Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Sarcophagidae
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 08-01-2010 23:03
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 Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Northumberland 27 July. The Gallery look-alike is S. africa. Are there other things this might be?
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 09-01-2010 10:30
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Sarcophaga sp. but not Sarcophaga (Bercaea) africa. It is a Sarcophaga in subgenus Heteronychia or Dischachaeta because of the equally strong 3 post dorsocentral setae.
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 09-01-2010 11:04
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Thank you Stephane. I had a feeling it wouldn't be as simple as 'red tail = africa'  Stephen. |
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| Jaakko |
Posted on 09-01-2010 19:50
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 Member Location: Joensuu, Finland Posts: 479 Joined: 04.08.08 |
If the scutellar bristles are missing and it's rather small (~5 mm), the most common such fly around here is Sarcophaga (Dischachaeta) pumila. |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 09-01-2010 20:59
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Thanks Jaakko, I'll check the size. Do all the scutellar bristles have to be missing?
Edited by Stephen R on 09-01-2010 21:03 |
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| Jaakko |
Posted on 09-01-2010 22:01
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Member Location: Joensuu, Finland Posts: 479 Joined: 04.08.08 |
Sorry, I meant apical scutellar bristles.. |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 10-01-2010 20:06
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Thanks again Jaako. Turns out this wasn't a small fly - over 9mm - so it must be something else from sg Dischachaeta or Heteronychia. Are there any photo-visible features which separate the two subgenera? Stephen. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 10-01-2010 20:58
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Heteronychia would be my guess - they are not small - about 9mm etc. I get quite a few of these every year 
Edited by ChrisR on 10-01-2010 20:59 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 10-01-2010 21:59
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Seems I'll have to try and catch the next one! I suppose Sarcophaga (cf Heteronychia) sp. would be the appropriate designation. Edited by Stephen R on 10-01-2010 22:07 |
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