Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Yellow muscidae ? ->Thricops diaphanus
Posted by ole on 25-10-2008 22:21
#1
near copenhagen 23.oct resting on trunk
looks like Thricops diaphanus in gallery
Thanks in advance!
Ole
Edited by ole on 09-11-2008 01:27
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 25-10-2008 22:31
#2
It is !
Posted by ole on 25-10-2008 22:56
#3
Thank you Stephane !
Ole
Posted by Gordon on 26-10-2008 13:41
#4
Dear Stephane,
Is this a very common fly? Are there other large yellow Muscids that could be confused with it? I have a lot of flies, particularly from Wine and Banana traps that look very like this. I have just checked one against this photo and of what I can see they are the same.
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 26-10-2008 14:27
#5
Hi Gordon, this is a common fly ; you can find it in forests and woodlands, often attracted by mushrooms. It could be confused with the none less common
Phaonia pallida, and with
Achanthiptera rohrelliformis and some
Pegomya (Anthomyiidae). The 2 last have 3 dc after the suture. For the differences between
T. diaphanus and
P. pallida, I let you watch at this thread :
http://www.dipter...ad_id=4015
Posted by Gordon on 26-10-2008 15:30
#6
Thanks Stephane,
My fly has 4 DC after the suture so I am assuming it is one of the first two, and I am off to read the thread now.
Posted by Gordon on 26-10-2008 15:37
#7
Well I'm back,
and the verdict is, Phaonia pallida, at least for the one under the microscope at the moment, only about 500 more to check.
Still, I owe thanks to both Stephane and Nikita Vikhrev for adding one more species to the Wetland Kerkini list, and for reducing my ignorance a little.
Gordon