Posted by sbushes on 04-12-2021 01:57
#1
Shrewsbury, UK - on gravestone in a churchyard - 03/12/21
Of the Anthomyiids in gallery, yellow belly (and other features) seem quite a unique match for Paradelia intersecta :
https://diptera.info/photogallery.php?photo_id=7211
I also believe it fits description from this thread about leg bristles, as well as images of the "typical shape of the epandrium / genitals" (and yellow belly) :
https://diptera.i...pid=163275
It also seems to fit other aspects - bristle patterns, morphology ...
...and dusting at front of thorax visible on diptera.info gallery / NBN image :
https://species.n...100004436#
Further images from my observation are visible here:
https://www.inatu.../102431075
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Edited by sbushes on 12-12-2021 14:17
Posted by sbushes on 04-12-2021 01:57
#2
yellow belly, distinctive looking genitalia
matching images from other discussion :
https://diptera.i...pid=163275
Edited by sbushes on 04-12-2021 03:44
Posted by sbushes on 04-12-2021 11:38
#5
Looking at key in Anthomyiidae Handout Vol 1 by Ackland/Brighton/Bentley from Dipterists Forum :
If Paradelia, then :
-Legs not yellow rules out P.lunatifrons.
-Katepisternum almost entirely grey dusted rules out P.brunneonigra.
I do not think you can rule out P.hedgreni through the key (difficult to see if calypters are orange or grey-brown) but there is only one known record from Scotland of this species. P.intersecta is well distributed across UK.