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 Heleomyzidae: 4 pictures
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 04-01-2012 12:21
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
I collected this indoors (kitchen window) on 28 December 2011, Winteringham, eastern England, SE926223. It keys to Tephrochlaena halterata but I'm not certain that is correct. Gorodkov (1988) says the body is grey, which clearly doesn't apply to the abdomen of this specimen. Does anyone recognise it, please? It has two strong bristles at the bottom of the postoculars in the picture, but the other side of the head has only one. The house is about half a mile from the Humber estuary, but quite high up the estuary, so I'm not sure it would count as coastal, which is where halterata is supposed to be found. John Bratton John Bratton attached the following image:  [146.02Kb] |
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 04-01-2012 12:22
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
One dorsocentral in front of the suture and three behind.
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 04-01-2012 12:23
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Not sure if it is male.
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 04-01-2012 12:24
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Head
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| Andrzej |
Posted on 04-01-2012 14:07
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Member Location: Poland Posts: 2422 Joined: 05.01.06 |
Tephrochlaena oraria Collin 1943. See comments at: http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=61776 All the best in the New Year ! Andrzej dr. A. J. Woznica, Institute of Environmental Biology, Wroclaw University of Environmental & Life Sciences |
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| andrewsi |
Posted on 06-02-2023 20:06
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Member Location: Pocklington UK Posts: 216 Joined: 15.08.09 |
Bit late to the party, but I would say that this is likely to be a Tephrochlamys with pre-sutural DCs. It seems that, whatever the species actually is, this is a not uncommon inland heteromyzine in the UK. |
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| Andrzej |
Posted on 06-02-2023 23:32
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Member Location: Poland Posts: 2422 Joined: 05.01.06 |
Really, you are right. It's not a Tephrochlaena species! The modern key to Heteromyzine genera was published in Zootaxa 4820 (1): 165–176, by me and Giuseppe Lo Giudice in 2020... 
dr. A. J. Woznica, Institute of Environmental Biology, Wroclaw University of Environmental & Life Sciences |
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| andrewsi |
Posted on 07-02-2023 20:01
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Member Location: Pocklington UK Posts: 216 Joined: 15.08.09 |
Andrzej wrote: Really, you are right. It's not a Tephrochlaena species! The modern key to Heteromyzine genera was published in Zootaxa 4820 (1): 165–176, by me and Giuseppe Lo Giudice in 2020... Any idea about the ID of this presumed Tephrochlamys, Andrzej? I have several specimens of it from across the UK and the features seem consistent. It comes to carrion, and baited traps and gets swept generally in woodland. Seems quite common, whatever it is! Ian |
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