Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Anthomyiidae (?) with yellow abdomen

Posted by kristobal21 on 24-01-2021 18:36
#1

I found this fly in my garden last week (in January). I thought initially that it was a muscidae, but it seems to be a Anthomyiidae (A1 seems to reach the wing border). I am quite confused, because I didn't find anything looking like this fly in both Anthomyiidae and Muscidae gallery. It does look like a Pegomya, but the abdomen decoration is quite strange. Do you have any idea of what it could be ?

Posted by kristobal21 on 24-01-2021 18:37
#2

Lateral view

Posted by Juergen Peters on 24-01-2021 19:01
#3

Hi,

a male Phaonia subventa (Muscidae). The black pattern on abdomen is very variable (from nearly completely black to missing)

Edited by Juergen Peters on 24-01-2021 19:03

Posted by kristobal21 on 24-01-2021 20:05
#4

Thank you :). I thought the abdomen was always pure yellow...

Posted by Juergen Peters on 24-01-2021 20:32
#5

kristobal21 wrote:
I thought the abdomen was always pure yellow...


Some examples:

Posted by kristobal21 on 25-01-2021 12:02
#6

Great examples ! Thank you.