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 Ethiopian Tachinid2
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 14-08-2012 17:36
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9491 Joined: 24.05.05 |
31.VII.2012, Blue Nile gorge, 1100m asl, 4-5mm
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 14-08-2012 17:47
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 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. |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 14-08-2012 18:10
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9491 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 21:03
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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 22:04
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Member Location: Geldermalsen Netherlands Posts: 305 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 08:35
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9491 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Thank you, Liekele.
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 16-08-2012 14:11
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9491 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 14:57
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 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 21:48
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Member Location: Suffolk, UK Posts: 892 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 22:46
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 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. |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 17-08-2012 08:24
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9491 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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