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 Piophilidae?
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| rdbercha |
Posted on 18-04-2010 06:24
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 Member Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 40 Joined: 20.01.07 |
Can anyone confirm if this a Piophilidae. The venation looks very close, Under a microscope the Ocellar bristles are pointing forward, post vertical bristles are diverging, however there appears to be three sternopleural bristles (forming a triangle on the sterno-pleuron), arista come off the base of the 3rd antennal segment. rdbercha attached the following image:  [115.14Kb] |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 18-04-2010 08:42
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 Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Muscidae? |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 18-04-2010 09:21
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Stephen is right : Lispocephala sp. (Muscidae).
Stephane. |
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| rdbercha |
Posted on 18-04-2010 17:29
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Member Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 40 Joined: 20.01.07 |
First of all thank yoiu for looking taking the time to look at the photo. I'm a bit confused though, from the book I'm using to provide identification of this fly (which I admit is somewhat incomplete - Insects by Borror et al) the wing venation of a Muscidae does not look all that similar to this fly. Perhaps there is more variation then is being shown in the Family? Can you recommend a good book (reasonably priced) for diptera identification? rdbercha attached the following image:  [24.28Kb] |
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