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Jun292018

Muscid Fly

DateFri 2018-06-29

A male Lispe tentaculata (Diptera: Muscidae).  Identified using the key of Fonseca (1968).

The the face is yellow and the palps are large and orange (though they appear white in the above image):

The main tarsus on each fore leg has a 'long finger-like process':

Normally these processes align parallel to the tarsus and do not stick out as much as this.

This was one of 4 specimens that I caught in Whiteknights Park on 2018-06-22.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |
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