Thread subject: Diptera.info :: This one's tricky (Rome, Italy)
Posted by lynkos on 10-07-2005 05:49
#1
I doubt whether from the angle of the photo it's possible to give a precise name to this Diptera, but perhaps at least a generic indication. I had intended to do other shots, but he wasn't inclined to cooperate :(. Thanks again, :), Sarah
Posted by Zeegers on 13-07-2005 20:00
#2
No doubt, this is a Calliphoridae in the genus Rhynchomyia.
I know, it doesn't look like Calliphora, but neither does Stomorhina.
Rhynchomyia is more close to the latter.
The Rhiniini are abundant in the tropics and there are several species in the Mediterrenean. Difficult (for me) to tell the species.
the black marks on the head are distinctive
Theo Zeegers
Posted by lynkos on 14-07-2005 05:26
#3
Thanks a million, much more than I expected from such a vague photo, :), Sarah
Posted by Zeegers on 23-07-2005 14:48
#4
I have had a look in my collection:
the species should be impavida, but it could be a related species.
According to fauna europaea (www.faunaeur.org), impavida (as Rhyncomya; I personally refuse to write latin or greek that bad) is exclusively Italian, replaced on the Iberian peninsula by..
italica !?!
anyway, the large black spots on the face place it near impavida.
Theo Z.
Posted by lynkos on 24-07-2005 05:38
#5
Thanks Theo. The species is relatively common here and I had hoped to get out and take some more indicative photos, but unfortunately I'm submerged with work in this period and don't have time to "go hunting". If I manage to get something, I'll post it here of course, Sarah