Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Muscidae ---> Phaonia sp.

Posted by bradbarnd on 14-03-2022 05:01
#1
Any thoughts on this Muscidae from Massachusetts, USA?

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Eyes densely haired, arista plumose, ACR 0:2; DC 3:4; hind tibiae with one PD in apical third; anepimeron appears bare, but katepimeron area is haired.
Edited by bradbarnd on 20-03-2022 01:39

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 14-03-2022 10:39
#2
Check hairs under scutellum. If present - Helina evecta.

Posted by bradbarnd on 14-03-2022 18:43
#3
Nikita Vikhrev wrote:
Check hairs under scutellum. If present - Helina evecta.


No hairs under scutellum.
Edited by bradbarnd on 14-03-2022 18:43

Posted by bradbarnd on 19-03-2022 03:48
#4
Maybe H. annosa?

Posted by bradbarnd on 19-03-2022 04:30
#5
Cerci

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 19-03-2022 20:17
#6
No, it is Phaonia. At least with my knowledge of Nearctic fauna Phaonia sp.

Posted by bradbarnd on 20-03-2022 01:39
#7
Nikita Vikhrev wrote:
No, it is Phaonia. At least with my knowledge of Nearctic fauna Phaonia sp.


Thanks Nikita!