Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Muscidae? Anthomyiidae?
Posted by Juergen Peters on 13-04-2008 23:54
#1
Hello!
The repeatingly occuring question: Muscidae or Anthomyiidae (with about 7 mm it seems a little big for Fanniidae)? Found at our house yesterday, northwest Germany.
Larger picture:
http://www.foto-u...7mm_M2.jpg
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-04-2008 00:01
#2
Anthomyiidae...
Posted by Juergen Peters on 14-04-2008 00:29
#3
jorgemotalmeida wrote:
Anthomyiidae...
<Sigh...> ;) Thanks, Jorge!
Posted by Michael Ackland on 14-04-2008 09:22
#4
Looks like Botanophila fugax Mg. male (Anthomyiidae). I can't see the acrostichals clearly, but fugax has 1 pair of strong presutural acrostichals, the rest are fine hairs except the prescutellar pair.
This is not a definite identification!!
Posted by Juergen Peters on 14-04-2008 16:08
#5
Hello, Michael!
Michael Ackland wrote:
Looks like Botanophila fugax Mg. male (Anthomyiidae). I can't see the acrostichals clearly, but fugax has 1 pair of strong presutural acrostichals, the rest are fine hairs except the prescutellar pair.
This is not a definite identification!!
Many thanks for your explanations! I will leave a 'cf.' in the name then.