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I need some refereeing of my IDs! Is this Phryxe nemea?

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Another view:

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Doesn't look like Phryxe to me - but the photos are a bit dark and indistinct. Looks a bit more like Exorista I think.

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Well, it could be Phryxe nemea, however, the pictures do not show enough details: hairs on eye, scutellar bristles, bristles on legs, thorax, and so on.
To be more sure, we need more info on this.


Theo Zeegers

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Hi Theo,
Thanks for the response. The fly has a pair of up-standing bristles on the apex of the scutellum at about 45 degrees to the horizontal angle, medio abdominal bristles on tergite 3. I'll have to check the other features again, but really I wanted to check that it does look right for the genus, rather than the specific taxon. I just want to be confident that I have not gone completely wrong in the key (cf my other recent query)!!
I am currently building up a reference collection of Tachinids and Dolichopodids, so while I do this it's really useful to get some guidance from Diptera.info correspondents. This site is a God-send!:D

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Well, the good news is:
if it is Phryxe, the species must be nemea (suppposing it is from UK origin).

Theo

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Thanks Theo,
Yes it is a UK specimen. That's great news. I got that one right! :D

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NIgel,

You missed the 'if'-part ? Though it could very well be Phryxe, I have not yet reached that conclusion. But within Phryxe only nemea can fit these images.
Anyway, Ph. nemea is very common. Try to find a male (this one is a female): the combination of broad vertex in male and erect scutellar bristles is in 99% of the cases Phryxe.


Theo

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Hi Theo,
And I have just spotted Chris' comment. I will run it through the keys again and see what conclusion I get:o