Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 dungfly - copula
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| Maik Mergemeier |
Posted on 30-04-2007 20:22
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Member Location: Germany Posts: 15 Joined: 02.04.07 |
this copula i photograph 2 1/2 years ago in late autumn, again near d?sseldorf/germany. in my website these flys are specified as 'Scatophaga stercoraria'. Again my website-partner does not agree with this identification and wants to check it up, me too. i am sure we will find help!  best regards, maik Maik Mergemeier attached the following image:  [99.19Kb] |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 30-04-2007 20:33
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9480 Joined: 24.05.05 |
This is Scathophaga, but not S.stercoraria - antennae yellow. May be Scathophaga lutaria, may be not... Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 01-05-2007 13:07
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
I don't think it's lutaria either, but I don't have time to check my references just now to see if I can work out what it is.
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 01-05-2007 14:17
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
My key leads me to inquinata.
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| Andrey Ozerov |
Posted on 02-05-2007 10:03
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Member Location: Posts: 63 Joined: 05.06.06 |
It is Scathophaga lutaria (Fabricius) |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 02-05-2007 10:13
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Then probably the note I made in my key that characters were reversed (made it ages ago, so cannot exactly recall why) is correct. 
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 02-05-2007 12:11
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9480 Joined: 24.05.05 |
As far as I understand S.lutaria and S.inquinata distinguish from photo mostly by jizz and comparing with collected material...
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 02-05-2007 13:25
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Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
It was the lack of the dark strip on the top of the front femur that made me think not lutaria. Inquinata was my next thought, but I know they are really similar and require head stratching.
Susan |
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