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 ?Senotainia
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| philporter |
Posted on 20-10-2010 15:39
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Member Location: Lincoln UK Posts: 554 Joined: 07.02.07 |
This fly isn't in very good condition but I'm hoping its distinctive face profile might give it away. Eyes and arista bare, 3 ps dc, all veins bare dorsally, abdominal excavation nowhere near apical, abdominal bristles really too damaged to comment on, but the only strong ones marginal on tergite 4, 3 prs marginal scutellar bristles but apical pr missing, no bristles on face, a few hairs on cheek. Any takers?
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| philporter |
Posted on 20-10-2010 15:40
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Member Location: Lincoln UK Posts: 554 Joined: 07.02.07 |
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| philporter |
Posted on 20-10-2010 15:41
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Member Location: Lincoln UK Posts: 554 Joined: 07.02.07 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 20-10-2010 17:52
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Strange looking fly - does it have a subscutellum? The wing venation looks a bit sarcophagid-ish to me  Is the grey colour original or is is pollen/dust? Edited by ChrisR on 20-10-2010 17:53 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 20-10-2010 18:29
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19308 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Looks very distinctly like Senotainia (Sarcophagidae) Theo |
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| philporter |
Posted on 21-10-2010 12:09
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Member Location: Lincoln UK Posts: 554 Joined: 07.02.07 |
The colour is true. It was caught on an area of sandy waste from gravel processing with a diverse community of hymenoptera. That's a great lead, thanks to both of you. It does resemble Senotainia conica and I think I can get access to a key to make sure. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 21-10-2010 13:05
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Yeah, that explains why I haven't seen them before - sarcophagid AND from a sandy area 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 22-10-2010 09:59
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19308 Joined: 21.07.04 |
So change the title and wait for Liekele Theo |
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