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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 14-08-2012 18:36
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 6728 Joined: 24.05.05 |
31.VII.2012, Blue Nile gorge, 1100m asl, 4-5mm
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 14-08-2012 18:47
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 6962 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Amazing fly - nothing I have ever seen before but clearly phasiine 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London, Coordinator for the UK Tachinid Recording Scheme, my Diptera blog |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 14-08-2012 19:10
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 6728 Joined: 24.05.05 |
From the same locality there is one more similar species: but black and two times smaller.
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| John Carr |
Posted on 14-08-2012 22:03
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 1436 Joined: 22.10.10 |
I have never noticed a stump vein at the bend in M in Phasiinae before. |
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| Liekele Sijstermans |
Posted on 15-08-2012 23:04
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Member Location: Geldermalsen Netherlands Posts: 294 Joined: 16.04.05 |
I think this should be Imitomyia. Three species are described from Africa. Liekele P.S. The stump vein at the bend in M occurs sometimes in specimens where it should not be (aberrations). |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 16-08-2012 09:35
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 6728 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Thank you, Liekele.
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 16-08-2012 15:11
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 6728 Joined: 24.05.05 |
This is the second species of Imitomyia sp. from the same locality.
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 16-08-2012 15:57
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 8817 Joined: 05.06.06 |
for the gallery would be nice. Even with only the genus. We do not have this representative.  |
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| sd |
Posted on 16-08-2012 22:48
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Member Location: Suffolk, UK Posts: 557 Joined: 11.10.07 |
Hi Nikita, You are correct with there being two species. I think the first is I. mochii and the second is I. nitida. They belong to Dexiinae, Dufouriini rather than Phasiinae so are related to Rondania and Microsoma Regards, Steve |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 16-08-2012 23:46
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 6962 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Nice work Steve - after I posted I started to have my doubts but that median-vien is so very phasiine I'll leave the afrotropics to you - it's in safe hands!
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London, Coordinator for the UK Tachinid Recording Scheme, my Diptera blog |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 17-08-2012 09:24
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 6728 Joined: 24.05.05 |
1. Steve, thank you for your identifications. 2. I can submit flies in the Gallery as Dejeania cf. bombylans and Imitomyia cf. mochii, if you approve that. Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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...what you prefer, we can discus this, during some good wine, cheese and many new pinned flies!