Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Presumed Anthomyiidae
Posted by eguzki on 30-06-2008 18:55
#1
Hello!
This one on my car. Hungary, small sized 5-7mm long. Anthomyiidae? Thank you in advance for any idea.
3rd June, 2008
Edited by eguzki on 01-07-2008 21:28
Posted by Jan Willem on 01-07-2008 08:20
#2
Hi Tomi,
You were asking for ideas;)! Well the first is to change the title so you thread will get the attention of the people working on calyptrates. The second idea is: might this fly belong to the family Sarcophagidae??
Posted by Paul Beuk on 01-07-2008 11:25
#3
Wing venation is off for Sarcophagidae. Maybe Anthomyiidae?
Leucophora?
Posted by Jan Willem on 01-07-2008 13:37
#4
Paul wrote:
Wing venation is off for Sarcophagidae.
You are completely right. I should have noted that.
Posted by Robert Nash on 01-07-2008 14:21
#5
Hydrophoria? Anthomyiidae
Posted by Xespok on 01-07-2008 14:50
#6
This is the same fly that I posted a year ago. I am interested to see, if Michael knows the answer.
Posted by eguzki on 01-07-2008 21:27
#7
Hello all!
Thanks a lot for the replies! We have been waiting for Michael...
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 01-07-2008 21:32
#8
Anthomyiidae. I agree with Hydrophoria. Let's go wait for Ackland. :)
Posted by eguzki on 01-07-2008 21:47
#9
Thank you Jorge for the confirmation.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 01-07-2008 21:50
#10
The confirmation only comes with Ackland not myself.
Posted by Michael Ackland on 02-07-2008 09:04
#11
Probably a female Leucophora species. The wide parafacials and parafrontals and pale grey dusting point to this. There are a few Delia species with similar heads, but these are generaly found in sandy places. I can't offer a definite identification without more bristles being visible. It's not a Hydrophoria
Posted by Michael Ackland on 02-07-2008 09:10
#12
I could add that the frontal width (distance between eyes) in female Leucophora) is often less than normal, due to the larger eyes; an adaptation caused by the female entering bee burrows to lay eggs, the larvae feeding on food collected for the bee larvae. On the other hand the males often have the eye margins not touching on frons as in many other Anthomyiidae.