Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 French Guianan stratiomyid
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 09-10-2011 18:40
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
These are French Guianan stratiomyids photographed by Stephane Brule - are they the same species - can they be identified? 
ChrisR attached the following image:  [62.79Kb] Edited by ChrisR on 09-10-2011 18:40 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 09-10-2011 18:40
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
another...
ChrisR attached the following image:  [81.26Kb] Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Pierre-Yves |
Posted on 09-10-2011 20:39
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Member Location: Posts: 171 Joined: 01.09.05 |
Hi Chris It's a Cyphomyia sp. but I have no documentation  P-Y |
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| Gerard Pennards |
Posted on 09-10-2011 20:58
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 Member Location: Amersfoort Posts: 1914 Joined: 07.06.04 |
Yes, indeed Cyphomyia, and there are some lookalikes with this appearance, like auriflamma, banksi, bequaerti and sulcifrons. Maybe even more but I don't know them all. It's a female, males look quite different, without the yellow head for example. Greetings Greetings, Gerard Pennards |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 09-10-2011 21:05
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Thanks guys - they're certainly lovely flies. Which features are used to identify the species?
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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