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Neotropical muscid (=Lauxaniidae?)
ChrisR	#1 Posted on 14-05-2009 13:34
Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04	This is another French Guianan fly with a nice mottled wing pattern. Is it a muscid? ChrisR attached the following image: [42.55Kb] Edited by ChrisR on 14-05-2009 15:13 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.


ChrisR	#2 Posted on 14-05-2009 13:34
Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04	another angle... ChrisR attached the following image: [53.81Kb] Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.


ChrisR	#3 Posted on 14-05-2009 13:34
Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04	another angle... ChrisR attached the following image: [44.13Kb] Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.


Nikita Vikhrev	#4 Posted on 14-05-2009 14:01
Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9544 Joined: 24.05.05	No, Chris, it is Acalyptrata, near Lauxaniidae Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University


ChrisR	#5 Posted on 14-05-2009 14:16
Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04	Thanks Nikita - I should have spotted that! Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.


Steve Gaimari	#6 Posted on 14-05-2009 18:51
Member Location: Sacramento, California, USA Posts: 169 Joined: 08.10.04	Yes, this is a lauxaniid - in the genus Setulina. From what I can see, it is consistent with Setulina geminata, but that is not verifiable by a photo.


ChrisR	#7 Posted on 14-05-2009 18:56
Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04	Thanks Steve - if you'd like to have it I can include it with the batch of strats I am sending to Martin... ? Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.


Steve Gaimari	#8 Posted on 14-05-2009 19:12
Member Location: Sacramento, California, USA Posts: 169 Joined: 08.10.04	Sure - always interested in lauxaniids!


ChrisR	#9 Posted on 14-05-2009 23:41
Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04	No problem - it'll be in the box Martin gets in the next few weeks Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.