Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Small Calliphorid, Hungary > Pyrellia rapax, Muscidae

Posted by pwalter on 19-01-2009 12:08
#1

Hi, this one was about half the size of Calliphora lucilia, feeding on Apiaceae, in a forest, NE Hungary. What may it be?

Edited by pwalter on 19-01-2009 15:28

Posted by Susan R Walter on 19-01-2009 15:15
#2

I would say this is Muscidae, maybe Neomyia.

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 19-01-2009 15:22
#3

Yes, Susan!
Muscidae, female Pyrellia rapax (Harris)

Edited by Nikita Vikhrev on 19-01-2009 16:31

Posted by pwalter on 19-01-2009 15:27
#4

Thanks, never heard of the genus :) I have some other - for me - tricky, Calliphorid-like Muscids, but with them I could go as far as telling it's muscid. Not with this specimen :)

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 19-01-2009 15:43
#5

it is easy. There is no (NEVER, I think) a calliphorid with a gentle bend in M vein. ;) At least, I don't know any exceptions to this!

Posted by pwalter on 19-01-2009 15:47
#6

Thanks, I'll mark tat!

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 19-01-2009 16:32
#7

There are Calliphoridae with a gentle bend in M vein - for example, Melinda.