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 Muscidae? Uganda
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| christoophe |
Posted on 13-05-2026 12:16
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Collected in Uganda (Kibwera), on a plateau at an altitude of 1,530 m.
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| christoophe |
Posted on 13-05-2026 12:17
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Member Location: France Provence Posts: 2008 Joined: 06.02.08 |
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| christoophe |
Posted on 13-05-2026 12:17
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| John Carr |
Posted on 13-05-2026 16:24
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Tachinidae. Consult Crosskey (1984) ("Annotated keys to the genera of Tachinidae (Diptera) found in tropical and southern Africa") and then more recent publications to find out what the old genera are called now. A modern key was supposed to be published a few years ago. Maybe someday... |
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| christoophe |
Posted on 13-05-2026 16:36
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Member Location: France Provence Posts: 2008 Joined: 06.02.08 |
There is no subscutellum. The wing venation suggests it belongs to the Muscini, if it is indeed in the Muscidae family. |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 13-05-2026 16:39
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christoophe wrote: There is no subscutellum. The wing venation suggests it belongs to the Muscini, if it is indeed in the Muscidae family. I don't know of any Muscidae with such a sharp bend in vein M. Try Márcia S. Couri, "A key to the Afrotropica genera of Muscidae (Diptera)". |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 13-05-2026 16:53
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Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10666 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Musca aethiops Stein has the right color. I don't know whether it has Sarcophagidae-like wing veins. |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 13-05-2026 17:26
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Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10666 Joined: 22.10.10 |
But Malloch (Exotic Muscaridae XVII) says only two species of Musca known in 1925 have such hairy eyes, interruptella (as interrrupta) and dasyops. |
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