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Muscidae?
Nikita Vikhrev
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Posted on 04-10-2006 16:56
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Turkey, Side, 5mm.
M1+2 not curved, long antennae in large depression, hypopleural setas absent.
Help, please!
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What about Atherigona varia?
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It is Atherigona OK, from speciec group with bicolor forehead, I but I can't be sure is it A. varia. In keys for Europe there is only A. varia with short description well fits for this fly. I have also Pont's key for Muscidae of Arabian Pen., but without A.varia in it, alasSad
From South Turkey I have another Atherigona specieses.
From Egypt, Luxor, agricultural vegetation around Nile I collected 4 more species of Atherigona. In ID of only 1 out of 4 I'm sure. It is Atherigona bedfordi - species with unicolor forehead and narrow infuscated apices of wings.
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Atherigona bedfordi - one more image.
By the way another Atherigona of this group was posted a year ago by Xespok and ID by Paul:
http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=191&pid=673#post_673
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The first one (the first two) most probably is Atherigona theodori,
but foretibia is too dark
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ID of the first male and female as A.theodori confirmed by Adrian Pont Grin
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