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Diptera.info :: Saltella sphondylii (m, f), Sepdidae, Jul 14, Murau, Austria
Posted by
Xespok
on 22-11-2021 08:20
#1
Is this the male of Parapiophila vulgaris?
I found this fly in copula with a slighltly larger female, which had black scutellum, unlike the male.
Edited by
Xespok
on 22-11-2021 10:35
Posted by
Xespok
on 22-11-2021 08:21
#2
Another image.
Posted by
Xespok
on 22-11-2021 08:32
#3
And is this the possible female with black scutellum.
Posted by
Xespok
on 22-11-2021 08:33
#4
Another image
Posted by
Xespok
on 22-11-2021 08:36
#5
A copula between the presumed male and female. Note that there were a lot of Piophilids on the cow dung, and I am not absoultely sure if only one species was represented.
Posted by
Roger Thomason
on 22-11-2021 09:09
#6
It looks like
Saltella sphondylii
Sepsidae, but I could be wrong [again]
Posted by
Xespok
on 22-11-2021 10:34
#7
No, you are absolutely right. I have never before seen this species.
