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Hydrophoria lancifer query

Submitted by BINGHAM on

Could anyone confirm suggested ID for this fly is right, or perhaps correct my error. Hoping to sort out some of the common species that I tend to ignore.

Thanks, John

Comments

I'd say not lancifer, which has much darker legs. Either Hydrophoria or Hylemya. In Hydrophoria, the lower squama exceeds the upper in length, in Hylemya, it is the same or narrower. I can't quite judge which from your photos, but you should be able to tell. I am assuming you have a copy of Mike Ackland's keys to Anthomyiidae - this is not a family to identify from on-line images!