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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sphaeroceroidea » Heleomyzidae » Heleomyzinae » Heleomyzini » Scoliocentra
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Scoliocentra fraterna - Scoliocentra
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

Scoliocentra fraterna - Scoliocentra
Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
March 17, 2010
Size: 8mm body
Found on a fresh cut tree stump with oozing sap.
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Contributed by tom murray on 17 March, 2010 - 10:07pm
Last updated 21 December, 2022 - 3:13pm

Moved
Moved from Scoliocentra fraterna.
… Chris Angell, 21 December, 2022 - 11:46am login or register to post comments

I'm not sure
I'm not sure this is S. fraterna. The Gill key says the thorax should be dark grey (vs. reddish orange in S. tincta), which I found a little ambiguous. Sometimes tincta have a greyish tint over a reddish background. The photos of S. fraterna on GBIF are really distinctly dark grey, and this doesn't seem to match that.
… Chris Angell, 21 December, 2022 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

 
Color corrections
Chris, the original photo was too warm (reddish/yellow) and I just corrected the color as close to what it's supposed to be as I can.
… tom murray, 21 December, 2022 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

 
You may be right
You may be right, I'm not sure. If you want to move it back to S. fraterna, I won't make a fuss.
… Chris Angell, 21 December, 2022 - 11:31pm login or register to post comments

 
I'll leave it here
since it could be something else.
Thanks Chris.
… tom murray, 22 December, 2022 - 7:14am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Heleomyzini.
Identified from specimen by Bill Murphy that Don Chandler sent him.
… tom murray, 26 March, 2021 - 11:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Heleomyzidae.
… John F. Carr, 9 August, 2015 - 4:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
This has almost the same colouration as your Pherbellia, but the chaetotaxy is quite different. With the strong spines on the wings, convergent postverticals, and a vibrissa, this looks more like a heleomyzid.

Moved from Pherbellia.
… Joel Kits, 18 March, 2010 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Ooops
Joel, thanks for catching my mistake, and all the help identifying the Aulacigaster mcalpinei!
… tom murray, 18 March, 2010 - 9:20pm login or register to post comments

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