Thoracochaeta zosterae (Haliday, 1833), (a lesser dung fly)

21 Apr 2013 at OSGR: SY77 in Dorset, England

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Record Summary	Male, among rotting seaweed
Found as	Male imago
Date	21 April 2013
OS grid ref	OSGR: SY77
Lat/Lon	50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W
Vice County	Dorset, VC no: 9
Country	England

The following literature was used to identify this find:

Roháček, J. & Marshall, S.A., 2000. A world revision of the seaweed fly genus Thoracochaeta Duda (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Part 2: Palaearctic species Studia Dipterologica Vol 7(2): 313-372.

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Thoracochaeta zosterae (Haliday, 1833), (a lesser dung fly)

21 Apr 2013 at OSGR: SY77 in Dorset, England

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