Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Flesh Fly (Sarcophagidae)

Posted by PeterD on 24-09-2010 23:53
#1
Can anyone please help me ID this fly?

www.imageinuk.com/Other/Query-Support-Files/9166283-Editfiltered/1020747535_mQaz9-M.jpg
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www.imageinuk.com/Other/Query-Support-Files/9166282/1020745474_5dTTu-M.jpg
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Thank you

Posted by PeterD on 29-09-2010 05:57
#2
Any ideas for an ID on this one please?

Posted by ChrisR on 29-09-2010 08:16
#3
Well, it's a sarcophagid ... Sarcophaga (in the broad sense) but I wouldn't go much further than that because they are usually male-genitalia jobs ... Thomas might have a better idea though :)

Posted by Tony Irwin on 29-09-2010 08:18
#4
Looks like Sarcophaga sensu stricto, but can't say more than that. It's a notoriously difficult group to identify from photos, because the essential (genitalia) characters are not visible.

Posted by PeterD on 30-09-2010 16:52
#5
Tony Irwin wrote:
Looks like Sarcophaga sensu stricto, but can't say more than that. It's a notoriously difficult group to identify from photos, because the essential (genitalia) characters are not visible.

Thank you Tony;)