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 Help with ID please
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| nick smith |
Posted on 07-08-2010 10:45
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Can anyone point me in the right direction with this one please, I've tried using an ID key but got lost and ended up just comparing photos from the gallery. I wonder if it is Calliphoridae (I'm sure the golden coloured 'collar' in the first photo may be a clue to those in the know, the nearest I found was Calliphora vomitoria but I don't think it is that. So, any help gratefully received. SE Kent, Uk 06/08/2010 on Origanum Vulgaris Nick nick smith attached the following image:  [151.18Kb] |
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| nick smith |
Posted on 07-08-2010 10:46
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Best view of wings
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| nick smith |
Posted on 07-08-2010 10:47
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Lateral view
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| nick smith |
Posted on 07-08-2010 10:48
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frontal (almost!)
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 07-08-2010 11:08
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Probably Eurithia anthophila (Tachinidae)  EDIT: I should add that it is certainly Eurithia (protruding mouth edge, densely hairy eyes, dark basicosta) but anthophila is just a best-guess based on its commonness and the yellow hairs behind the head
Edited by ChrisR on 07-08-2010 11:29 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| nick smith |
Posted on 07-08-2010 11:30
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Thanks Chris, yes, looks good for Eurithia anthophila by comparing the pics certainly. I'm not sure how I missed that, having looked through many many pages, perhaps I gave up too early on the tachinidae (there are 26 pages of them!) Thanks again (you don't fancy passing comment on my Eristalis arbustorum?? thread in syriphidae forum do you??) |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 07-08-2010 11:51
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nick smith wrote: Thanks Chris, yes, looks good for Eurithia anthophila by comparing the pics certainly. I'm not sure how I missed that, having looked through many many pages, perhaps I gave up too early on the tachinidae (there are 26 pages of them!) Well, there are lots of Eurithia about at the moment and actually the only ones I have caught so far are consobrina, which has the most amazing shark-fin-like blade on the male genitalia. All Eurithia look similar at first glance but anthophila should have a (mostly) undusted tergite 5, which should split it from the others but frequently proves inconclusive ... the only other feature requires a specimen and a bit of head scratching  (you don't fancy passing comment on my Eristalis arbustorum?? thread in syriphidae forum do you??) Not on your Nelly I gave up syrphids years ago, for a much more satisfying form of masochism - tachinids 
Edited by ChrisR on 07-08-2010 11:52 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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