Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Rhinophoridae?> Phyto melanocephala

Posted by blowave on 09-01-2011 16:21
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I've looked at the species of Rhinophoridae we have here, there are very few. This has to be Phyto melanocephala, it looks like the one in the gallery. The other Phyto specie listed for the UK is P. discrepans which is listed on the NBN Gateway but has no distribution map so looks unlikely.

The other genera only have one species each, none of those look to be a candidate. They are:

Melanophora roralis, Paykullia maculata, Rhinophora lepida, Stevenia atramentaria and Tricogena rubricosa