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 Tachanid or Sarcophagid?> Amobia cf. signata
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| blowave |
Posted on 26-12-2010 20:22
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 Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Hi, Yes it has red eyes, but it looks like it might have a subscutellum and arista are not hairy. It looks similar to Eumea linearicornis but I don't think it's that. 12th June 2010, my garden near Lincoln UK. 1 pic + crop Janet 
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| blowave |
Posted on 26-12-2010 20:23
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 26-12-2010 20:34
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 Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Hmm, doesn't look like a tachinid to me
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| blowave |
Posted on 26-12-2010 21:52
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
I've been through some Sarcophagidae and searched the site for Oebalia minuta, although it doesn't shout the likeness I wonder if it could be that. The antennae don't look as big, but the angle is probably deceiving. Reading through a thread I found, it does seem to have the bend in the M vein, also a single ad bristle on t2 as stated by Theo. I'm not sure about the head, could this be a male? http://diptera.in...ost_139689 http://cubits.org... |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 26-12-2010 22:13
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
I think this is an Amobia sp (Sarcophagidae). : head profil rounded and parafrontal row of proclinate setulae.
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| blowave |
Posted on 26-12-2010 22:23
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
If that is correct Stephane, then it should be Amobia signata as that is the only Amobia sp. we have! One in the gallery is a dorsal view but it looks good! http://diptera.in...to_id=2050 http://cubits.org... |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 27-12-2010 16:26
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18616 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Stephane is correct. You might find other Amobia, though they are rare: one needs to check its genitalia, Theo |
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| blowave |
Posted on 27-12-2010 17:35
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Thank you Theo, I have read older threads here and found there is some uncertainty that we may have other species. Due to this uncertainty it will have to remain a probable Amobia signata.
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| oxycera |
Posted on 27-12-2010 22:03
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Member Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire Posts: 251 Joined: 31.12.09 |
Interesting find; I recorded one near Barnsley this year, new to Yorks. It looks as though it may be increasing then. I suppose I ought to examine the genitalia just in case it is a species new to Britain. |
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| blowave |
Posted on 27-12-2010 23:36
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Yes it's another of those recorded below the invisible line between the Wash and Severn. I don't know if anyone has actually recorded it in Lincolnshire, the NBN often doesn't show records.
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| oxycera |
Posted on 27-12-2010 23:45
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Member Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire Posts: 251 Joined: 31.12.09 |
Your county recorder should know, who, incidently, only lives a couple of miles from me. |
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but don't see the image in the post.