Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Muscidae with curved M
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 17-06-2006 14:19
#1
Moscow region, 17 june, 7-10mm.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 17-06-2006 14:33
#2
I'm sorry. This one
Posted by Zeegers on 17-06-2006 20:33
#3
Graphomyia, indeed a Muscid with a bend vein
Very good !!
Theo
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 17-06-2006 21:35
#4
Thank you Theo.
As far as I know there is only one Graphomyia maculata, so species too!
Nikita
Posted by Zeegers on 18-06-2006 10:37
#5
Actually, there are 2 species:
the second one is minor. It is rarer.
However, according to www.faunaeur.org, you just might have it.
Theo
Posted by Tony Irwin on 01-07-2006 20:41
#6
This is Graphomya minor. The median pre-sutural pale stripe is less conspicuous and narrower than the others. Also I think I can just make out an anterodorsal on the mid-tibia in the second photo.
Tony
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 01-07-2006 21:10
#7
Thank you Tony.
In my key (old Diptera of European part of Russia) - is only G. maculata. So I couldn't try to ID species myself.
I looked at collected fly. There is 1ad 1/3 distance from apical part (2/3 from base) of mid-tibia. Is it seta I have to find?
I also have another photo of Graphomyia from last year (this time I didn't collect flies yet).
Last fly (G. minor) is fron mid june.
The first one (image added) is from rnd september. Realy median presutural pale stripe is wider. This is G. maculata?
Nikita
Posted by Tony Irwin on 02-07-2006 11:26
#8
Hi Nikita
This certainly looks more like G. maculata, with the broader, bolder presutural central stripe and also the yellower facial orbits.
Tony
Posted by Tony Irwin on 02-07-2006 11:37
#9
Actually I'm not so sure about this being Graphomya. I withdraw my last comment - there's a possibility it's one of the other Muscidae with a bent vein M, such as Morellia, and I don't know what other genera might occur in Russia!
Tony