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 Bombyliidae (Geron) from Australia (2)
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 11-08-2010 02:38
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 Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Could somebody help with an ID please? Malaise trap, Townsville, Australia. Graeme Cocks attached the following image:  [33.54Kb] Edited by Graeme Cocks on 11-08-2010 08:34 |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 11-08-2010 02:54
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Bombyliidae...Know zip about them, but wings match Geron in the Gallery.
Edited by Roger Thomason on 11-08-2010 03:03 |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 11-08-2010 03:15
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
All the Bombyliidae I know have two veins that meet the costa at right angles? Don't see that in this specimen. |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 11-08-2010 03:32
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Geron is different from the rest in the Gallery..http://www.dipter...to_id=2397 only a suggestion, don't know what you might have in Oz.
Edited by Roger Thomason on 11-08-2010 03:36 |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 11-08-2010 03:37
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Well I guess you can see the veins 'trying' to form a right angle. Thanks. Cheers, Graeme |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 11-08-2010 03:48
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
For your interest, the specimen pictured is near other Bombyliidae on a taxon ID tree from BOLD. Graeme |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 11-08-2010 04:50
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Quite a few in OZ...http://hbs.bishop...iidae.html Maybe Dave Gibbs will be able to pin it down.  |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 11-08-2010 08:01
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Looks like a bombylid to me too - best change the title to attract Dave 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 11-08-2010 08:26
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
How do I edit the title? |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 11-08-2010 08:28
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
There should be an EDIT button on your posts - just go to the first one in a thread and click on this button. Then just change the 'Subject' field and save it
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 11-08-2010 09:49
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Geron sp. (many to choose from iN australia) |
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