Thread subject: Diptera.info :: ? Muscidae
Posted by Tony T on 24-02-2007 22:19
#1
I appreciate that most of the expertise on this site is Palearctic but am hoping someone can get this to Family and perhaps genus, if not species.
southern New Brunswick, Canada, 21 August 1980. Small, abdomen length 3.5 mm.
Posted by Tony T on 24-02-2007 22:22
#2
side view
Posted by Susan R Walter on 24-02-2007 22:49
#3
I think it's a Tachinid - something like
Gymnosoma.
Posted by Tony T on 25-02-2007 03:26
#4
Thanks Susan, was I ever way off. Always thought of Tachinids as flies with stout bristles. Seems to be just one sp. in NB,
G.canadense. Possibility that it may be
Gymnodytia dubia or
Gymnodytia occidua as these 2 spp. occur here and were originally placed in
Gymnosoma.
Posted by Susan R Walter on 27-02-2007 15:30
#5
The top image is such a clear picture of the sub-scutellum, can we get it cross-referenced to the glossary?
Posted by Tony T on 27-02-2007 19:30
#6
Can you do this? Or does Paul do it? I have no idea how to do it:(
Posted by Susan R Walter on 01-03-2007 14:51
#7
Perhaps Theo or Chris would kindly submit a definition of sub-scutellum, with a cross reference to post-scutellum (which I think is a synonym), and a link to this posting to illustrate? Would that work?