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#1 2009-06-26 17:56:20
- Stuart MA Ball
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- Name: Array Array
- Registered: 2009-06-26
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unknown Conopid
Hi,
I am brand new to the forum. Can anyone ID this Conopid ? I think it could be a Physocephala sp but I only mananged one shot before it flew off. Found recently on the chalk grassland margins of Portsdown Hill, Hampshire. I have a grid ref if required.
regards
Stuart MA Ball
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#2 2009-06-26 18:01:01
- Mick
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- Name: Mick Parker
- From: Weymouth, Dorset
- Registered: 2008-02-20
- Posts: 65
Re: unknown Conopid
Hi Stuart,
Yes it is indeed a Physocephala, P rufipes!
I sure Dave Clements would like the record, his details are under the
Conopid recording scheme.
Cheers, Mick
Mick Parker
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#3 2009-06-26 18:02:50
- Stuart MA Ball
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Re: unknown Conopid
Thanks Mick, I will inform Dave Clements.
Stuart
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#4 2009-06-26 18:35:12
- malcolmsmart
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- Name: Malcolm Smart
- From: Wolverhampton
- Registered: 2008-02-26
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Re: unknown Conopid
The Conopid in your picture is Physocephala rufipes. P. nigra has a rather uniformly black thorax and abdomen with some dark brownish patches on thorax and at the tergite 2/3 boundary. P. rufipes is a lighter coloured species that generally has light marks at the front of the thorax, reddish brown tergite 2 and yellow dusting on at least tergites 2, 4 & 5.
Welcome to the forum with its current Chairman Stuart Ball. Who would have thought that there could have been 2 people with such a unique name interested in Diptera in the UK? I hope that no confusion or mix? ups arise.
With best regards,
Malcolm
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#5 2009-06-26 18:39:57
- malcolmsmart
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- Name: Malcolm Smart
- From: Wolverhampton
- Registered: 2008-02-26
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Re: unknown Conopid
It appears that Mick posted a reply to you while I was in process of writing mine. Sorry Mick, I did not see your reply until my screen refreshed after my posting!!!!!!!!!
Malcolm
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#6 2009-06-26 18:51:33
- Mick
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- Name: Mick Parker
- From: Weymouth, Dorset
- Registered: 2008-02-20
- Posts: 65
Re: unknown Conopid
malcolmsmart wrote:
It appears that Mick posted a reply to you while I was in process of writing mine. Sorry Mick, I did not see your reply until my screen refreshed after my posting!!!!!!!!!
Malcolm
Hi Malcolm,
Yeah, thats fine!........it will cost you a pint!!
See you at Swansea!
Cheers, Mick
Mick Parker
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