Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Musicdae SW Sweden 19 Aug 2012->Phaonia valida

Posted by Johane on 05-02-2015 08:16
#1
Is it possible to ID this Muscidae? This is the only photo I have.
Edited by Johane on 05-02-2015 16:54

Posted by oxycera on 05-02-2015 11:35
#2
I think Phaonia tuguriorum a likely candidate.

Posted by tristram on 05-02-2015 14:44
#3
Maybe Phaonia valida:
http://www.dipter...to_id=2298

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 05-02-2015 14:46
#4
This is Phaonia valida : you can see 2 pairs of prescutellar acrostichals, the crossveins are only slightly infuscated (these 2 criteria rule out P. tuguriorum and P. scutellata), and the vein M is somewhat curved apically, a typical character for P. valida (the 4th member of the group being P. errans).

Posted by Johane on 05-02-2015 16:54
#5
Many thanks for the identification and description!