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Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 31-03-2007 19:57

Today I photographed this appr. 3 mm fly at Leerdam, Netherlands. It is a slender fly with long legs of which the femora and tibia are yellow. Also, the front part of the scutum is pale yellowish. Could anybody help with the identification?

Thank you in advance!

Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 01-04-2007 20:29

Could be, Nikita. Thanks for the suggestion. Maybe someone can confirm?

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 05-04-2007 21:54

Jan,
I think that your Spanochaeta dorsalis may be added to Gallery. Only 2 scutellar setas, short frontal triangle...
See also:
http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=4972&pid=22600#post_22600
Nikita

Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 05-04-2007 23:01

I see. Thanks, Nikita, I will submit some of these photos to the gallery!

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 08-04-2007 18:17

I'm sorry Jan, but I found that I have still doubts about my ID of this fly. I remembered that I've seen this fly several times and collected it. Only today I found in my not-ID Muscidae material what I looked for (see photo). This fly has 4 scutellar setas and my test keyed as Coenosia testacea.
I suspect that it is the same fly as yours.
I wrote a message to Martin Suvak (it seems that he likes and knows Coenosia) and asked him to check this thread.
Nikita

Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 08-04-2007 18:21

Hello Nikita, yours looks very similar to mine indeed. Thanks for asking Martin to check this thread, let's wait for his opinion.

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 10-04-2007 13:34

#10

I've got message from Martin.
He is not absolutely sure, but he also thinks that
Coenosia cf. testacea is the most probable ID.
Also Martin wrote that normaly Spanochaeta dorsalis is summer species.
Nikita

Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 10-04-2007 20:52

#12

Thank you Nikita and Martin, and Paul for updating it in the gallery!