Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Rhinophoridae?
Posted by Stephen R on 11-06-2011 21:11
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8-mm, Clitheroe UK, 11 June 2011
This male from today shares several features with last week's
Phyto discrepans. Could it be a rather teneral
P. melanocephala? The subscutellum bulges a bit (like the other one).
Posted by Stephen R on 11-06-2011 21:12
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Posted by Stephen R on 11-06-2011 21:15
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Posted by Zeegers on 12-06-2011 10:05
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Whatever it is, it is certainly NOT Ph. melanocephala.
I do agree it looks like discrepans.
However, since it is so teneral, we might be fooled here.
Theo
Posted by Stephen R on 13-06-2011 00:15
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I have compared the genitalia with last week's fly and they do seem the same. This one:
Posted by Stephen R on 13-06-2011 00:16
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and the other one:
Posted by Stephen R on 13-06-2011 00:23
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I guess the reasons I thought they were different (width of frons, differences in face, little appendix on M, size) can all be put down to a combination of better nutrition and the teneral state. Should I now be confident this is also
Ph. discrepans?