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| conopid |
Posted on 05-07-2010 09:37
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This is about 3mm length with a very short terminal arista and as you can see very large genitalia. I thought it would be an easy one to determine with Collin's key to British species, but clearly I am going wrong somewher as I just cannot run this down in the key. Can anyone suggest the genus please? Shropshire, UK 3 July 2010. In a small swarm over shallow water at the edge of a pool. conopid attached the following image:  [76.56Kb] Edited by conopid on 05-07-2010 09:38 Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 05-07-2010 10:02
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Even better, I have a species for you: Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) physoprocta, male.
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| conopid |
Posted on 05-07-2010 10:18
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Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
Brilliant Paul - thanks. I at least had been trying to key it through Rhamphomyia, so now I can work out where I had been going wrong in my decison making. This appears to be a very scarce species in the UK. Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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