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 Fannia mollissima - thanks Stephane
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| nick upton |
Posted on 06-05-2010 17:33
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Can anyone help identify this small dark Muscid (I think....) Wiltshire southwest UK 21.4.2010 nick upton attached the following image:  [126.66Kb] Edited by nick upton on 06-05-2010 22:29 Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 06-05-2010 17:34
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
A higher angle view of the same fly
nick upton attached the following image:  [122.44Kb] Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| KWQ |
Posted on 06-05-2010 18:02
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Member Location: Turku, Finland Posts: 208 Joined: 10.12.04 |
Too slim to be a muscid - Anthomyiidae is the family. Could this be a [i]Delia[/i, at least it has long ventral abdominal bristlles? |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 06-05-2010 18:14
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Hi, this is a Male Fannia mollissima.
Edited by Stephane Lebrun on 06-05-2010 18:15 Stephane. |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 06-05-2010 18:29
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Many thanks for the expert feedback; so it is superfamily Muscoidea which includes Anthomyiidae and Muscidae, but of the family Fanniidae which is new to me. I did notice the slim body and tuft of bristles under the abdomen which matches photos I've now found well.
Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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