Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Muscidae 4 ID -> Myospila sp.
Posted by bums on 21-05-2015 21:28
#1
hello,
could this be Myospila of some kind?
thanks a lot..Chris
Edited by bums on 23-05-2015 17:56
Posted by bums on 21-05-2015 21:28
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Posted by bums on 21-05-2015 21:29
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Posted by bums on 21-05-2015 21:29
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Posted by bums on 21-05-2015 21:30
#5
and last
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 22-05-2015 17:55
#6
Yes,
Myospila.
Posted by bums on 23-05-2015 07:22
#7
thanks a lot, Stephane...one more question...
I will attach one abdomen-shot of a Myospila meditabunda, which was confirmed here last month.
The dark spots are very different to this fly..is the drawing on the abdomen so variable?
It seems that M meditabunda is , according to the Grootaert species list (from 91) the only Myospila which seem to fly around here ....well a M. bimaculata is found on another list as well..( as far as I can read these listings)
..maybe you know about others?
Because of the different abdomen..can we exclude M .meditabunda?
thanks a lot :)
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 23-05-2015 10:07
#8
I can just exclude
bimaculata. There is a third species (if it is not a dark form of
meditabunda) called
alpina. According to Gregor et. al. it would be rather that species (darker scutum and scutellum, wing rather brownish than yellow at base). Unfortunately, we can't see whether it has medial discal on tergites 3 & 4.
Personnaly, I wouldn't risk to confirm any male of Myospila (except
bimaculata maybe) from a picture.
Posted by bums on 23-05-2015 17:30
#9
many thanks for your nice explanation, Stephane
...tergites..one more thing to zoom in on in the future... :)