Thread subject: Diptera.info :: From Madrid (Spain) -> Anthomyia sp., confusanea or nearby
Posted by Jfdocampo on 26-02-2021 17:15
#1
In a Botanic Garden. February 2th, 2021.
Regards,
Edited by Jfdocampo on 26-02-2021 20:29
Posted by Jfdocampo on 26-02-2021 17:15
#2
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Posted by Tony Irwin on 26-02-2021 18:14
#3
I think
Anthomyia sp.,
confusanea or nearby
Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-02-2021 18:42
#4
Hello Tony,
Tony Irwin wrote:
I think Anthomyia sp., confusanea or nearby
sure? I'm no expert, but this one looks like a female
Scathophaga stercoraria to me. :|
Edited by Juergen Peters on 26-02-2021 18:42
Posted by Tony Irwin on 26-02-2021 19:41
#5
In
Scathophaga stercoraria, the tibiae are orange-brown, as is the front of the frons. The dusting on the body is green rather than grey, and the abdomen not so shiny. The outer cross-vein is hardly darkened, and the overall shape is different. But apart from that, it does look a bit similar. ;)
Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-02-2021 19:49
#6
Hello Tony,
ah, okay. The spiny legs also reminded me more of Scathophagidae than Anthomyiidae...
Posted by Jfdocampo on 26-02-2021 20:29
#7
Thank you Tony and Jürgen.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 26-02-2021 21:15
#8
Jürgen - the legs bristles are certainly very similar - one of the features that can be used to differentiate between Anthomyiidae and Muscidae is that anthomyiids often (but not always) have more bristly legs - as you say, very like
Scathophaga