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Physocephala rufipes?
Andreas Haselboeck
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Posted on 15-07-2007 19:52
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Hello erverybody!
Please, can anyone identify these fly? Found: Germany, near Frankfurt in a thistle bush.

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It's Physocephala, however, I doubt if it is rufipes.
Rufipes should have the femur 3 largely... black (don't blame me).
Moreover, it is very elongated.
SO this might be Ph. nigra.

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Femur of rufipes should be uniformly reddish, as far as I know. For a better ID we need a picture from the front, taken a little bit from the side (if possible). Could even be chrysorrhoea?
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Andr? is right that a picture from the front would help.
P. chrysorrhoea should have a completely yellow face and the brown wing-band covering R2 comletely, and a silvery stripe on the pleura (which I can`t see) (-->if it has this silvery stripe it's more likely to be P. truncata.)
Without the silvery stripe we'll need a pic of the face to say if it's nigra of rufipes.
Edited by Guenter on 16-07-2007 12:11
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Andreas Haselboeck
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Thanks all!

Maybe, this picture can help?

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Sorry, I speak english not very well....
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I'd go for P. rufipes.
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Andre is right, it's rufipes after all, as well illustrated by the black vitta on face in the last picture. My mistake


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This is rufipes... Always rufipes...boring Angry Please find us some real nigra! Cool
 
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Thank you all!
I'm so sorry, that this fly is not Physocephala nigra.Sad
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