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#1 2010-07-08 16:17:29
- Grant Burleigh
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Rhinophorids?
Hello again. I have become aware of Rhinophorids and am wondering if either of these two images fit.
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#2 2010-07-08 17:59:40
- Howard Bentley
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Re: Rhinophorids?
Your second image does look like Rhinophora lepida, the most common of the Rhinophorids. There can be no certainty, however, without seeing the specimen. The first image isn't clear enough (at least on my computer) to see wing venation, so I wouldn't care to hazard a family.
Howard.
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#3 2010-07-10 18:37:20
- Grant Burleigh
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Re: Rhinophorids?
Thank you Howard
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#4 2010-07-10 23:24:02
- Tony Irwin
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Re: Rhinophorids?
The first fly looks like Phania funesta (Tachinidae) - Chris Raper should be able to tell us if there's anything else it might be confused with.
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#5 2010-07-10 23:34:04
Re: Rhinophorids?
Hi Guys - yes, first is Phania funesta* (small size, undusted shiny body with bristles - often curved under, holds wings apart, silvery face), while the second is Rhinophora lepida (small size, typical tachinid/rhinophorid shape & colour, long petiole on the median vein, and if you could get close enough it would have yellow halteres). 
* Phania thoracica is a very rare alternative only distinguishable under a microscope.
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#6 2010-07-13 22:52:00
- Grant Burleigh
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Re: Rhinophorids?
Thank you these comments. I see on a website that Phania funesta is an endoparasite of “punaises” – translating as “bugs”. I am wondering if this means true bugs or bugs in the wider colloquial sense.
Grant
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#7 2010-07-14 00:08:07
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