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 Any ideas for a family for this one?
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 12-05-2006 22:01
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Taken on Manbulloo Station, near Katherine in the Northern Territory, Australia (ie tropical) in April. About 5mm.
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| Xespok |
Posted on 13-05-2006 07:34
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Looks structurally somewhat similar to Rhiniinae of Calliphoridae, but this is just a guess. |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 13-05-2006 17:06
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Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Thanks - the way it is holding its proboscis is like your Rhiniiae, certainly. It is interesting that this one has this rather odd completely dusted look, whilst your pics all show metallic flies, more what you would expect from Calliphoridae. The family makes sense though, when you consider that Manbulloo is a cattle station, and there is obviously a population of feral horses, all producing the raw material that Calliphorids favour.
Susan |
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