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 Muscidae: Phaonia subventa?
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| nick upton |
Posted on 14-05-2010 17:23
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Is this the correct ID? Wiltshire, southwest UK 14.5.10 nick upton attached the following image:  [115Kb] Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 14-05-2010 18:26
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Phaonia rufiventris.
Stephane. |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 14-05-2010 20:30
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
OK, many thanks, Stephane. I thought rufiventris would have more visible orange on the thorax, but maybe not visible from this angle, and there must be another character you are using to separate this from subventa.
Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 14-05-2010 21:26
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Phaonia rufiventris : 1 presut ac. ; scutellum entirelly orange (at most darkened at extreme base ; mid tibia with 3-4 post. setae; fore tibia without p. setae. Phaonia subventa : 2 presut ac. ; scutellum almost always broadly darkened at base ; mid tibia with 2 p. setae ; fore tibia with p. setae. (There is a third one, Phaonia bitincta.  ).
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| nick upton |
Posted on 14-05-2010 22:11
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Many thanks Stephane, great feedback; I may be able to separate these two now, unless the third one confuses me!
Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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