Thread subject: Diptera.info :: UAE, Muscidae?

Posted by Pristurus on 05-04-2017 11:08
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found on 2017-02-16 sitting on a shrub in the Al Marmoum Conservation Reserve, Emirate Dubai.


Video: https://commons.w...02-16.webm

Posted by Paul Beuk on 05-04-2017 12:32
#2
Coenosia sp., most likely

Posted by Pristurus on 06-04-2017 20:56
#3
Thank you Paul.
Coenosia attenuata seems to be wide spread in the Emirates. Could it be this species?

Posted by John Carr on 06-04-2017 21:05
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Pristurus wrote:
Thank you Paul.
Coenosia attenuata seems to be wide spread in the Emirates. Could it be this species?


It appears to belong to the same species group, at least. The tigrina group has two major bristles arising from the same level of the hind tibia.

Posted by Pristurus on 06-04-2017 21:21
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Thank you for your explanation John.