Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Anthomyiidae - Fucellia fucorum
Posted by nielsyese on 02-03-2010 17:12
#1
Hello, can someone tell me a nearer ID of this fly? I'd say this is Scathophagidae, but I've no more idea. On dog shit, the Netherlands. As big as S. stercoraria.
Edited by nielsyese on 06-03-2010 15:43
Posted by nielsyese on 02-03-2010 17:13
#2
And another picture
Posted by nielsyese on 02-03-2010 17:13
#3
Sideview
Posted by nielsyese on 02-03-2010 17:14
#4
View from upside
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 02-03-2010 22:41
#5
Not Scathophagid
Edited by Nikita Vikhrev on 02-03-2010 22:44
Posted by javanerkelens on 02-03-2010 23:25
#6
Most probable a Fucellia sp. (Anthomyiidae)
Tibia seems yellowish and no hairs between acrostichals ....then F.tergina or fucorum could be.
F.tergina is official not found yet in the Netherlands , but most probable a common species (have found also several species)
Has the midtibia an av seta..?
Joke van Erkelens
Edited by javanerkelens on 02-03-2010 23:35
Posted by nielsyese on 04-03-2010 20:29
#7
When I'm right, there's just one av seta. Does this help?
Posted by javanerkelens on 04-03-2010 22:44
#8
Than it is most probable Fucellia fucorum. (has 1-2 av on midtibia)
But than the tibia should have the same color as femurs (dark greyish)
Bit difficult to see clear on your photos...
If the tibia still are clearly yellow, then it is F.tergina
Joke
Posted by nielsyese on 05-03-2010 08:13
#9
It's due to the lighting it's very difficult to see from the picture, but the tibia are clearly dark greyish. Thanks, Joke.
Posted by Michael Ackland on 05-03-2010 11:45
#10
It is Fucellia fucorum male. In the first microscope photo one can just see the tubercle ventrally at the base of the hind femur. This plus dark tibia and an av seta on t2 confirms this. Was it caught near or at the coast?
Posted by nielsyese on 05-03-2010 16:26
#11
Thanks for the confirmation. I found about 20 of these in my garden which is indeed not far from the sea.