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Found this one beside the Burn of Valayre, Shetland, in June 2018. Possible to give a species from these photos ?

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Hi Roger,

Looks a lot like Schroederella iners. Also here on diptera.info: https://diptera.i...pid=157849

Kind regards,

Ectemnius

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not Schroederella but interesting...

BTW
Dear Ectemnius,
as I see, you are really an expert in Heleomyzid species identification ...

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Hello Andrzej,



Never claimed to be, and that is why I said: 'looks like'. But I'm trying to learn. I hope to learn from you, as you are one of the few family experts with a long list of publications who responds regularly here on diptera.info.



And to be able to learn, could you please say why it is not Schroederella?

Kind regards,

Ectemnius

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The two vibrissae and other characters, e.g. concerning the first flagellomere exclude the genus Schroederella and the Schr. iners, the only one European species known to me...

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Thanks Ectemius for the suggested ID, can't be right every time.. I know more than most on that subject, but it's nice to have it explained by an expert, even one who gets it wrong sometimes too, isn't that right Andrzej

I hope to find one of these this coming year and send it off to you for ID if you want it Andrzej?

Was hoping it might be Scoliocentra collini which is on my list but haven't managed to find yet.

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In my opinion it is Scoliocentra dupliciseta (Strobl)

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Thanks for that Andrzej, seems it's as rare as hen's teeth in the UK, or toilet paper in the supermarkets, or brains between Trump's ears