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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 20-11-2010 21:32
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 Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Is it possible to suggest a family? At light, Townsville Australia. Graeme Cocks attached the following image:  [14.11Kb] |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 21-11-2010 01:41
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 Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10646 Joined: 22.10.10 |
The wing markings remind me of the New World genus Paracantha so you might check in the Tephritidae. The family can be identified by the course of the subcostal vein ("apical part of Sc weakened and sharply bent forward" according to Manual of Nearctic Diptera). |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 21-11-2010 02:39
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Thanks John, especially for the family identifier. Cheers, Graeme |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 21-11-2010 08:06
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9558 Joined: 24.05.05 |
tribe Schistopterini, as far as I know
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 21-11-2010 09:00
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Thanks Nikita. |
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