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| Record Summary | female, swept off Red Currant |
| Found as | Female imago |
| Date | 24 April 2016 |
| Capture method | swept |
| OS grid ref | OSGR: SU00 |
| Lat/Lon | 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W |
| Vice County | Dorset, VC no: 9 |
| Country | England |
| Voucher | 24 Apr 2016[E] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
Notes:
Mediastinal vein fades away before costa, but doesn’t seem to fit either M. albitarsis (halteres blackish, tarsi all black) or M. nigrohirta (too large, too early).
Halteres dark grey; prothorax with pair of bristles; occiput sooty-black (?); acrostichals quadri-serial; legs black with yellowish knees; dorsum with three dark stripes; middle femora with a single row of evenly-spaced PV hairs, a subterminal PV seta, a few AV hairs towards base and a row of 3 small AV setae towards the tip, the last of which is subterminal; front coxae dark-haired; basal joint of hinds tarsi with 2 PD bristles; prosternum with patch of dark hairs; abdomen dark silvery-grey, glossy.
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