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est. 6-7mm, Clitheroe UK, 14 August 2010.

I got excited (well, slightly :)) about this because it looked a bit like Brachycoma devia and was on the ground close to a nest of Bombus lapidarius.
Sadly though, it has a plumose arista. Does this put it back in Sarcophagini?

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yes


But Brachycoma devia is by no means rare. It should be relatively easy to get them in July - August.
Your feature, the bluish colouration, is usually an excellent guideline... but not always.



Theo

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should it not be Brachicoma devia?

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Mark, I gathered from http://www.dipter...#post_8001 that Brachycoma has a bare arista, so this can't be it. I think Theo's 'yes' confirms this.

Theo, my excitement was at the prospect of getting any species ident from a photo in this family! I'll have another look for Brachycoma next year. Thanks for the help.

Stephen.

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My unerdanding was that it is Brachicoma, not Brachycoma?

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That's my understanding - I usually go by FaunaEuropaea - http://www.faunae...?id=142454 :)

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I was looking in P.J. Chandler, 1998. - same result though.

I will have a look in Pape, T. 1987 when I get home?

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Oh sorry, I didn't see that you were questioning the spelling. I'm sure you are right - it's just that Brachycoma seems like better Greek, so I put it without thinking; but I've learned that the nomenclature rules don't demand good Greek :( I think Theo has a similar tendency to correct the original authors' spellings. One of the handicaps of an old-fashioned education :D

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Brachicoma is correct according to the taxonomic police, I write Brachycoma since it is an obvious misspelling by Rondani, as many many others and I don't want to throw away my classical eduction.
See already threads on the topic.


Theo