Thread subject: Diptera.info :: All grey Phaonia (?)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 30-05-2008 02:17
#1
Hello!

I assume this 7 mm fly at the light last night (northwest Germany) is a Muscid. But which genus? Phaonia? Or a small Polietes? (Looks a bit like Muscina, too, from size and general look, but there is no bend in M-vein and no reddish scutellum tip.)
Edited by Juergen Peters on 30-05-2008 02:19

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 30-05-2008 08:37
#2
The proclinate orbital setae on frons rules any Phaonia out. This is a small Polietes.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 30-05-2008 18:31
#3
Hello, Stephane!

Stephane Lebrun wrote:
The proclinate orbital setae on frons rules any Phaonia out. This is a small Polietes.


Thanks! I know them mostly from autumn (and bigger).