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 Spines on wing edge
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| Stephen |
Posted on 23-07-2006 13:14
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Is this a Tachinid fly? I am going on the bare arista and the bristles at the rear of the abdomen. Is the black and white pattern on the abdomen consistent with Tachinidae? I notice the leading edge of the wing seems to have tiny spines on it; Heleomyzids have those, don't they? But the wing venation doesn't seem right for Heleomyzidae. Location: Arid sands, New Mexico USA, 6 May 2006. Stephen attached the following image:  [145.45Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 23-07-2006 13:18
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9552 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Hi Stephen. I think it is Sarcophagidae, Miltogrammatinae. Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 23-07-2006 13:23
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I am not very familiar with the Nearctic diptera but with such a wide vertex it would normally be either Miltogramma (Sarcophagidae) or Gonia (Tachinidae)... but to be sure you really do need to check for the presence/absence of a subscutellum. Just on the 'look' of it I would tend to agree with Nikita that it looks like Miltogramma, but it looks very bristly and I'd like to see it under a microscope to make sure  |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 23-07-2006 13:35
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Thank-you Nikita and Chris! Visiting www.nearctica.com (the on-line version of Nomina Insecta Nearctica) I see we do not have Miltogramma over here, though we do have a subfamily Miltogramminae and a Tribe Miltogrammini. (Nikita had mentioned the subfamily.) Anyhow, another instance in which I should have taken a lateral photo! Thanks again for your ID help with this fly. Edited by Stephen on 23-07-2006 15:21 --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Liekele Sijstermans |
Posted on 14-02-2007 11:48
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Member Location: Geldermalsen Netherlands Posts: 305 Joined: 16.04.05 |
I think this is Sphenometopa (female) (Sarcophagidae, Miltogramminae). Unfortunatedly I have not representatives of all nearctic genera in my collection. Liekele |
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