Thread subject: Diptera.info :: next try to launch a Scathophagid
Posted by Sundew on 02-03-2008 23:41
#1
Hi,
This yellow fly was around together with the Dryomyzid of my previous thread - same location, same day, not same species when seen through good spectacles or in big magnification (where is my good eyesight gone?). So is this a Scathophagid, for instance
Scathophaga suilla?
Regards, Sundew
Edited by Sundew on 03-03-2008 16:41
Posted by Xespok on 03-03-2008 08:03
#2
This is Scathophaga sp. The fly does not have a black area on its forefemur, which rules out a host of species. The antennae are not dark, which would indicate stercoraria, but at this stage without the key I would leave it there.
EDITED: Sorry for my mistake, I meant to write contraindicate S. stercoraria...
Edited by Xespok on 03-03-2008 17:49
Posted by Sundew on 03-03-2008 16:45
#3
Dear Gabor, thanks for confirming the genus. However, all the
Scathophaga stercoraria specimens I've seen were much hairier and also bigger. In the gallery, there are several species with antennae not dark, and the pics of
S. suilla look quite similar...
Sundew
Posted by Kahis on 03-03-2008 17:46
#4
My first though was definitely
S. suilla, but that species should not have strong setae on hind femora. If the arista is hairy, that would take us to
S. lutaria or
S. inquinata.
Posted by Sundew on 04-03-2008 01:10
#5
No chance to see hairs or not on the aristae - I checked all my pics, but this is beyond the limits of my camera! So it is
Scathophaga for sure but the species remains nebulous... Well, better than nothing.
Many thanks to all contributors,
Sundew