Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Muscidae Macrorchis meditata? (was Coenosia humilis?)
Posted by blowave on 13-04-2011 03:32
#1
Hello!
Could this be a female Coenosia humilis? It was big, around 8mm. Near Lincoln UK on 11th April 2011
Janet :)
Edited by blowave on 13-04-2011 21:30
Posted by blowave on 13-04-2011 03:33
#2
pic 2
Posted by blowave on 13-04-2011 03:33
#3
pic 3
Posted by oxycera on 13-04-2011 20:09
#4
They certainly resemble my 2 specimens, but 8mm seems
way too big.
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 13-04-2011 20:51
#5
Coenosia have 1+3 dc ; here 2+3. I think it's
Macrorchis meditata ! Nikita can tell if I'm wrong or not.
Posted by blowave on 13-04-2011 21:29
#6
I also thought the size was too big for Coenosia humilis.
Thank you Stephane, I'll change the title! That would be a nice one! Nikita has one in the gallery but it doesn't show the thorax. I'm trying to work out which are the 2+3 but I'll take your word for it. ;)
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 13-04-2011 21:57
#7
As usually I have nothing to add to Stephane's identification.
P.S. Macrorchis meditata is a big species, but of course, not as big as 8mm.
Posted by blowave on 13-04-2011 22:06
#8
Nikita Vikhrev wrote:
As usually I have nothing to add to Stephane's identification.
P.S. Macrorchis meditata is a big species, but of course, not as big as 8mm.
Thanks for the confirmation Nikita, maybe it was 7mm but I couldn't quite see behind the wings. Or, it's been very well fed. :D