Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Anthomyiidae ID => Anthomyia plurinotata

Posted by tristram on 12-05-2013 12:14
#1

Photo taken in Reading, UK on 2013-05-12.

I think this is a female Anthomyia sp but the black patches are not right for the A. procellaris group. Is it A. plurinotata?

Edited by tristram on 21-09-2014 09:17

Posted by javanerkelens on 12-05-2013 15:49
#2

Anthomyia plurinotata seems right.
Would be the first record for the UK...!?

Johanna

Edited by javanerkelens on 12-05-2013 16:01

Posted by tristram on 12-05-2013 22:41
#3

Thank you Johanna. I hadn't noticed it wasn't on the UK checklist.

Posted by Michael Ackland on 13-05-2013 10:02
#4

I looks like A. plurinotata, and if it is it is a species new to Britain. If you did not catch a specimen, please go to the locality and search for more and collect them, especially a male. If you don't want to do this, please tell us the locality in detail. It is not possible to record it as positively new to Britain based on a photograph.

Posted by tristram on 14-05-2013 00:02
#5

I shall do my best to catch one.

Posted by tristram on 14-09-2014 10:19
#6

At last, long after I had given up all hope, I have finally caught a male!
This specimen was taken in the Wilderness, in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-09-13.

Edited by tristram on 14-09-2014 10:22

Posted by javanerkelens on 14-09-2014 21:48
#7

That is very nice!
Congratulations.

Johanna

Posted by Michael Ackland on 14-09-2014 21:59
#8

It is new to Britain! It is good news that you have caught a specimen. Perhaps you could write up a note in the Dipterists Digest. If you want any help or info my email address is: mackland@btinternet.com

I should be interested to learn about the habitat.