Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Sciomyzidae, Pherbellia dorsata ?
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 03-02-2017 14:58
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Collected in dune slack, Aberffraw, North Wales, 19 July 2016. More photos to follow.
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 03-02-2017 15:00
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Wing (as you no doubt realised, but one has to write something or the post doesn't work).
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 03-02-2017 15:01
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Very short frontal stripe.
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 03-02-2017 15:01
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Terminalia
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 03-02-2017 15:03
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
The same, in alcohol. The reason to doubt dorsata is that the hairs on the arista are shorter than the Fauna Ent. Scand. key suggests they should be. The only other possibility I can see is P. griseola. So, another opinion would be appreciated, please. John Bratton John Bratton attached the following image:  [88.74Kb] |
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| Fred Fly |
Posted on 04-02-2017 08:32
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Member Location: Germany Posts: 396 Joined: 19.07.11 |
This is P. dorsata, not P. griseola or P. obtusa. Some characters in the key will not work for some individuals and in this case genitalia are still the best way for determination. |
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 04-02-2017 16:23
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Thank you for the identification. Best wishes John |
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