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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Flesh Flies (Sarcophagidae) » Sarcophaginae
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Awesome Flesh Fly - male
Copyright © 2009 Emile

Awesome Flesh Fly - Male
Madrona Marsh Preserve, Torrance, Los Angeles County, California, USA
April 14, 2009
Size: ~ 10 mm
Found on Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) leaf.

This Flesh Fly seems to be a male.

Help toward better identification is highly appreciated !

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Contributed by Emile on 17 April, 2009 - 7:37pm
Last updated 20 April, 2009 - 3:25pm

Moved
Moved from Sarcophaginae.
… Emile, 20 April, 2009 - 3:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tachinidae.
… Emile, 20 April, 2009 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

Sarcophaginae, male
To me this looks more like a sarcophagid (subfamily Sarcophaginae), including the male terminalia. A possible candidate would be Ravinia (not an ID!).
… Matthias Buck, 19 April, 2009 - 5:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks a lot Matthias !
You're right, there is no (obvious) subsculellum.

I can understand why the Sarcophagids were part of the Tachnids for a long time.
Their separating differences are quite minimal.
And the the taxonomy of the Sarcophagidae is still turbulent.

Do you perhaps know what the separating characteristics of genus Ravinia are ?
I have a few more photos, some from slightly different angles, that might reveal a bit more.

I'll move these photos to Sarcophaginae for now.
… Emile, 20 April, 2009 - 3:17pm login or register to post comments

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