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 Helina for ID, SE Spain
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 14-02-2012 22:23
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 Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Taken by Francisco Rodriguez in Almeria, SE Spain, February 2012. I think this is a Eustalomyia sp. Any chance to get the species? Supposedly, only E. histrio and E. hilaris are found in Spain. E. hilaris doesn't match at all, but I am not sure about histrio either. Help, please!!
Piluca_Alvarez attached the following image:  [181.41Kb] Edited by Piluca_Alvarez on 15-02-2012 13:44 |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 15-02-2012 13:33
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 Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Piluca, I think this is Helina. |
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 15-02-2012 13:43
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Muscoidea flies are going to send me to a mad house    I thought I was seeing a clear long anal vein and it had to be Anthomyiidae The closest I could get was Eustalomyia, but not wonder now that nothing seemed to match  Thanks a lot for the ID, Stephen  But I don't think I will ever get these right  |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 15-02-2012 16:51
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
It's really hard sometimes to assess the anal vein in photographs, partly because there are many folds that look like veins. In this case the relevant vein is yellow in colour. On the right wing it does meet the edge, but only because the wing is torn. We can be sure that this one is Muscidae because there are 2+4 dorsocentrals. |
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 15-02-2012 22:00
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Thanks a lot for your explanation, Stephen! And I see what you mean: the anal vein reaches the edge because the wing is torn. It completely fooled me Hope it doesn't fool me again next time |
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