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Posted by Roger Thomason on 21-08-2009 21:30

Sitting on greenhouse window today sheltering from strong wind....Male N.viridescens?

EDIT; Change Heading from; Neomyia viridescens maybe.

Edited by Roger Thomason on 21-08-2009 21:54

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 21-08-2009 21:35

Neomyia cornicina (1 pair of presutural acrostichals and 3 postsutural dorsocentrals).
For Neomyia viridescens you shouldn't have any presut. acr and 4 post dc.

Posted by Roger Thomason on 21-08-2009 21:50

Thanks Stephane
Will at least I got the Neomyia bit right, which for me is a small victory.
This one is unrecorded previously in Shetland, the only one mentioned on my checklist is Orthellia viridis Weid. which I think from a posting last year is the old name for Neomyia viridescens?? which I thought might have been this fly. Even better to be a different one :)
Regards Roger

Edited by Roger Thomason on 21-08-2009 22:06

Posted by tim worfolk on 22-08-2009 07:07

Hi Roger, I found a couple of Neomyia recently so had to sort through the names myself in trying to identify them. According to the the UK checklist (available online at Dipterists forum), N.viridis Wiedemann is a synonym of Neomyia cornicina - unless of course things are more complicated than I realise.

Tim

Posted by Roger Thomason on 22-08-2009 10:28

Tim Worfolk wrote:
Hi Roger, I found a couple of Neomyia recently so had to sort through the names myself in trying to identify them. According to the the UK checklist (available online at Dipterists forum), N.viridis Wiedemann is a synonym of Neomyia cornicina - unless of course things are more complicated than I realise.

Tim

Thanks Tim
I checked the Diptrists forum and note there are 2 Syntypes from Shetland included also;
Neomyia fennica Frey 1909 (Chandler 1998) and Psueudopyrellia fennica Frey 1909 (Chandler 1998) so is it any wonder I got it wrong. :|

Regards a confused Roger :|.