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 Sarcophagidae: Metopia cf. rondaniana ♂
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| ESant |
Posted on 22-09-2023 17:07
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Member Location: L'Aquila, Italy Posts: 2172 Joined: 20.09.20 |
Hello, I photographed this fly in Bazzano (AQ), Italy, on May 9th 2023. I think it is a Miltogramminae, but is it possible to identify its genus or species from these photos? Thank you in advance, Emanuele ESant attached the following image:  [297.11Kb] Edited by ESant on 24-09-2023 13:36 |
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| ESant |
Posted on 22-09-2023 17:07
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Member Location: L'Aquila, Italy Posts: 2172 Joined: 20.09.20 |
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| ESant |
Posted on 22-09-2023 17:08
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Member Location: L'Aquila, Italy Posts: 2172 Joined: 20.09.20 |
Photo 3:
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| John Carr |
Posted on 22-09-2023 20:38
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 Super Administrator Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10397 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Metopia. |
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| ESant |
Posted on 22-09-2023 23:41
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Member Location: L'Aquila, Italy Posts: 2172 Joined: 20.09.20 |
Thank you! I assume the features that can be used to identify the species are not visible, right? |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 23-09-2023 00:10
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Super Administrator Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10397 Joined: 22.10.10 |
If I recall correctly you have two or three species with silvery male frons and the hairs of the fore tarsi can distinguish one of them. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 23-09-2023 14:07
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18972 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Amongst others, there are actually at least fivemspecies. This one is quite likely M. rondaniana, I think. Theo |
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| ESant |
Posted on 24-09-2023 13:35
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Member Location: L'Aquila, Italy Posts: 2172 Joined: 20.09.20 |
Thank you both very much for the further info. Unfortunately the best view I have of the fore tarsi is the one in the second photo. |
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