Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Beautiful Sarcophagidae
Posted by Rui Andrade on 07-09-2008 01:59
#1
I found this sarcophagid in Apúlia, Portugal. Is it possible to say anything about it?
date: 06/09/2008
Posted by Liekele Sijstermans on 07-09-2008 21:42
#2
I think this could be female of Mesomelena mesomelaena (Sarcophagidae, Miltogramminae).
I have never seen female of this species before and it does not fit the description exactly, but it is the only palaearctic genus / species that fits at all.
If you have collected it, I would like to have a closer look at it.
Liekele
Posted by Rui Andrade on 08-09-2008 19:10
#3
Thank you again Liekele. Yes, I collected the fly and I will keep it for you. I will try to catch more because this species appears to be common.
Posted by Liekele Sijstermans on 12-11-2008 12:57
#4
Rui,
Meanwhile I have studied your specimens, a male and a female. On the picture is a female.
It is definitedly not Mesomelena and not Miltogramminae at al.
This is Sarcotachina umbrinervis Villeneuve 1910 (Sarcophagidae, Paramacronychiinae).
Known from Tunesia. Also found in Magazon (Spain, Huelva). Biology yet unknown.
Liekele
Posted by Rui Andrade on 12-11-2008 13:19
#5
Thank you very much for your help ;)