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Posted on 12-09-2011 23:22
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I am having trouble determining this one. Not one I have encountered before (I think). It has small orange patches on the sides of the tergites which almost disappear as one shifts the fly around under the light. About 9mm length. July 28, UK scrub, grassland and relict heath (a golf course in fact). The eyes are bare. The arista is bare. conopid attached the following image:  [89.77Kb] Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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Posted on 12-09-2011 23:24
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Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
ventral view of genitalia
conopid attached the following image:  [48.73Kb] Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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Posted on 12-09-2011 23:34
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I would have guessed a Macquartia - are you sure that the eyes are really bare? The yellow tibiae are nice and distinctive - might be something unusual. Can you give a dorsal view?
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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Posted on 13-09-2011 11:04
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Hi Chris, I've double checked the specimen and can confirm that the eyes are bare. Here is a dorsal shot. I could not get it to key to any of the Macquartia in Belshaw (your manuscript version). conopid attached the following image:  [86.36Kb] Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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Posted on 13-09-2011 13:10
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Hmm, OK then I'm left thinking that it might be Pelatachina tibialis but if you send it over to me I can confirm that if you can't make it run in Belshaw 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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Posted on 13-09-2011 13:17
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Thanks Chris I'll check out Pelatachina and if no luck there I'll post it down to you. Cheers Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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Posted on 14-09-2011 09:34
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Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
Thanks Chris, yes it is P tibialis. I should have recognised that one - I have a few specimens already.
Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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