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 Sarcophagidae > Macronychia cf. agrestis
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 16-06-2011 22:53
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 Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
6.5mm, Clitheroe UK, 15 June 2011. This one attracted my interest by its Coenosia-like behaviour: making short flights to investigate passing traffic and returning to the same vantage-point, the parapet of a railway bridge. Was it looking for females? And what is it? Stephen R attached the following image:  [107.72Kb] Edited by Stephen R on 20-06-2011 10:57 |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 16-06-2011 22:54
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 16-06-2011 22:55
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 16-06-2011 22:56
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 16-06-2011 22:58
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 16-06-2011 22:58
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
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| Liekele Sijstermans |
Posted on 17-06-2011 10:39
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Member Location: Geldermalsen Netherlands Posts: 305 Joined: 16.04.05 |
Sarcophagidae, Miltogramminae. I would say Senotainia albifrons or S. puncticornis (shape of arista looks different on second versus fourth picture). But ... the shape of the cerci in posterior view (sixth picture) is very different from Senotainia. I need to examine the specimen for a reliable identification. Liekele |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 17-06-2011 13:53
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Thank you, Liekele. I think my photo of the cerci may have been misleading, so here's another try. Also one of the arista. If you still need the specimen, I'll send it to you.
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 17-06-2011 13:54
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
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| Thomas Pape |
Posted on 19-06-2011 22:52
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Member Location: Natural History Museum of Denmark Posts: 110 Joined: 29.08.05 |
I am quite sure this is a species of Macronychia, possibly M. agrestis. Fits well with both genitalia and general morphology. /Thomas
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 20-06-2011 10:56
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Thank you Thomas! |
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