Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Muscina cf. pascuorum
Posted by Tony T on 17-04-2008 21:43
#1
16 April 2008, New Brunswick, Canada. Length: 10mm.
Differs from a similar fly identified as
Muscina levida HERE
by having orange palps and orange on antennae.
Fly is blacker than shown, lightened to show more details.
EDIT: was Muscina sp.??
Edited by Tony T on 19-04-2008 14:21
Posted by Xespok on 18-04-2008 07:41
#2
If this is a Muscina the tip of the scutellum should be yellow. If so, this is more likely to be Muscina prolapsa (which should be common in the Nearctic) or something similar.
Posted by Tony T on 18-04-2008 14:49
#3
Xespok wrote:
If this is a Muscina the tip of the scutellum should be yellow. If so, this is more likely to be Muscina prolapsa (which should be common in the Nearctic) or something similar.
Thanks for this, scutellum tip has small area of red, see photo:
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 18-04-2008 21:41
#4
I think it's Muscina (at least it is a member of Reinwardtiini). I can't give the identity of this one since I don't know all the nearctic species, but the most approaching European species would be Muscina pascuorum.
Posted by Tony T on 19-04-2008 01:10
#5
Thanks Gabor & Stephane. We have both those species in NB:
Muscina dorsilinea Wulp 1896 (Clinopera)
Muscina flukei Snyder 1956 (Muscina)
Muscina fulvacrura Snyder 1956 (Muscina)
Muscina levida Harris 1780 (Musca)
Muscina pascuorum Meigen 1826 (Musca)
Muscina prolapsa Harris 1780 (Musca)
Muscina stabulans Fallen 1817 (Musca)