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Syrphidae or muscidae ?
Alvesgaspar
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Posted on 24-10-2007 18:07
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I'm putting this thread in the Syrphidae section but I'm really not sure it is one. The abdomen and wings are like the hoverflies', by the thorax I would say it is a muscidae. Please help.

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Calliphoridae (or Rhiniidae). Maybe Stomorhina lunata.
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Thanks, Rui, I think your guess of Stomorhina lunata is right. I didn't recognize it because I usually see the wings parallel to the body. Any other opinions?

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No other options.
Any time you think: IS it Muscidae/Calliphoridae or Syrphidae, I bet you have Stomorhina lunata (as long as you don't leave Europe)


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Thank you, Theo. It appears then then I'm not alone with this kind of confusion Wink
 
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Alvesgaspar wrote:
Thank you, Theo. It appears then then I'm not alone with this kind of confusion Wink


You're definitely not alone in this case. I guess everyone does the same when they find Stomorhina for the first time. I certainly did Smile
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Quod erat demonstrandum: I rest my case


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This is an ID Stomorhina lunata male so I think Joaquim's flies is the same that this one Wink
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