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#1 2019-12-06 19:42:36
- colinleb
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- Name: Colin Le Boutillier
- From: Luton, Bedfordshire
- Registered: 2008-03-03
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Midsummer Anthomyid
I think from the pattern on the abdomen especially that this is Anthomyia, although it seems a bit small and has a very dark (greasy?) dorsum to be confident about what it is.
Terminalia/sternite V look more like imbrida than the alternatives to me. CHalk meadow, Beds. 31 July 2019.
Help appreciated.
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#2 2019-12-07 14:56:38
- Michael Ackland
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- Name: Michael Ackland
- Registered: 2008-06-14
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Re: Midsummer Anthomyid
Looks like Calythea nigricans, especially sternite 5
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#3 2019-12-07 15:26:34
- colinleb
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- Name: Colin Le Boutillier
- From: Luton, Bedfordshire
- Registered: 2008-03-03
- Posts: 271
Re: Midsummer Anthomyid
Thanks Michael. Why is it so easy to work backwards through a key when you know the end point. Of course it is what you suggested. Even more peculiar, I cannot now get it anywhere near Anthomyia.
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