CLOSED: Phorocera assimilis or Phorocera obscura ?

Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a)

This may not be either of those, but I feel it could be one of them, There are similarities to flesh flies which I had thought, but not quite the same, the pic on this site gave me the clue under the Parasitic Flies heading,

http://www.gardensafari.net/english/remaining_flies.htm#scatophaga_stercoraria

If I had to go for one I would have said Phorocera assimilis as it matches the pic closely in pic no. 7301 on the Tchinidae site,

http://tachinidae.org.uk/site/photos.php?&pagenumber=14

But looking at other pics the tail looks longer and more pointed on that.

Anyone have any clues, perhaps male or female differences?

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Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a)

Tail view

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