Myopa tessellatipennis Motschulsky, 1859, (a thick-headed fly)


18 Apr 2017 at OSGR: SY67 in Dorset, England

Record SummaryMale and female, in cop.
Found asIn cop.
Date18 April 2017
OS grid refOSGR: SY67
Lat/Lon50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W
Vice CountyDorset, VC no: 9
CountryEngland
Voucher18 Apr 2017[N]
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Notes:

Palpi: tawny brown in life, drying dark brown; female S4 with narrow (wide but short) band of pegs but S5 with a broader, more circular, patch. Last segment of proboscis equal to front tarsi (excluding the pulvilli).

3 spherical grey spermathecae.

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