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| Stephen R |
Posted on 11-06-2011 21:11
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 Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
8-mm, Clitheroe UK, 11 June 2011 This male from today shares several features with last week's Phyto discrepans. Could it be a rather teneral P. melanocephala? The subscutellum bulges a bit (like the other one). Stephen R attached the following image:  [143.99Kb] |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 11-06-2011 21:12
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 11-06-2011 21:15
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 12-06-2011 10:05
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19310 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Whatever it is, it is certainly NOT Ph. melanocephala. I do agree it looks like discrepans. However, since it is so teneral, we might be fooled here. Theo |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 13-06-2011 00:15
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
I have compared the genitalia with last week's fly and they do seem the same. This one:
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 13-06-2011 00:16
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
and the other one:
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 13-06-2011 00:23
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
I guess the reasons I thought they were different (width of frons, differences in face, little appendix on M, size) can all be put down to a combination of better nutrition and the teneral state. Should I now be confident this is also Ph. discrepans? |
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