Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Rachispoda sp.?
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 22-04-2010 08:13
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Not a lot happening on the fly front here with snow showers and cold winds, but I did spot this little fly 3+mm sitting on a fence in the garden. Afraid the photo's are a bit duff, but I am assuming it is Sphaeroceridae and the only brownish coloured one I can see in the Gallery is Rachispoda lutosa and was wondering if this could at least be of the same family.
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 22-04-2010 08:14
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 22-04-2010 08:40
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Rachispoda appears to be correct but based on these pictures it cannot be ID-ed to species level. However, lutosa is the commonest of the species, also up North.
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 22-04-2010 17:31
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Thanks once again Paul I realisede the photo's were not very good to be able to go any further than genus level, so Rachispoda sp. is good enough. Another unrecorded genus for Shetland  Regards Roger |
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