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Topic: New taxon

Could The Spotted-wing Drosophila or Cherry Vinegar Fly Drosphila suzukii (Matsumura, 1931) be added to the Diptera checklist?
There have been a numberof UK sightings
See Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosophila_suzukii for further details
or this Daily Mail article if you want to be frightened
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ … ustry.html

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Re: New taxon

Thanks Martin - I will have to keep an eye out for that one !!!!

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Re: New taxon

That's one I have been meaning to add for a while - thanks for reminding me Martin! :)

Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura, 1931)
NHMSYS0021118076

Spotted-winged Drosophila
NHMSYS0021118082

Cherry Vinegar Fly
NHMSYS0021118088

Chris Raper, Manager of the UK Species Inventory, Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity,
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD.  (tel: 020 7942 5894)
also Tachinid Recording Scheme (http://tachinidae.org.uk/)