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Tachinidae => Phorocera cf. obscura
Marion Friedrich
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Posted on 25-05-2012 19:10
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Hello,
can it be identified? I looked though the gallery, but no chance.
Thanks, Marion
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Looks like Tachinidae - maybe Phorocera obscura - but do you have more angles?
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Thank you Chris. Unfortunately, I do not have other angles.
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Hmm, could also be something like Oswaldia ... I'm just going by the excavation on T1+2
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It is a Phorocera, indeed, much too elongated for Oswaldia


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Many thanks.
Should I name it Phorocera obscura or Phorocera spec.?
 
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I'm not completely sure, but looks like Ph. obscura


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