Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Saltella sphondylii (m, f), Sepdidae, Jul 14, Murau, Austria
Posted by Xespok on 22-11-2021 09:20
#1
Is this the male of Parapiophila vulgaris?
I found this fly in copula with a slighltly larger female, which had black scutellum, unlike the male.
Edited by Xespok on 22-11-2021 11:35
Posted by Xespok on 22-11-2021 09:21
#2
Another image.
Posted by Xespok on 22-11-2021 09:32
#3
And is this the possible female with black scutellum.
Posted by Xespok on 22-11-2021 09:33
#4
Another image
Posted by Xespok on 22-11-2021 09:36
#5
A copula between the presumed male and female. Note that there were a lot of Piophilids on the cow dung, and I am not absoultely sure if only one species was represented.
Posted by Roger Thomason on 22-11-2021 10:09
#6
It looks like
Saltella sphondylii Sepsidae, but I could be wrong [again] ;)
Posted by Xespok on 22-11-2021 11:34
#7
No, you are absolutely right. I have never before seen this species.