Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Muscidae or Tachinidae ?

Posted by ORCHALLAN on 08-04-2021 12:50
#1
Always the same question, Tachinidae or Muscidae .... something else?
Femurs 2 and 3 yellow ....

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos278/big/P1010641.JPG
ORCHALLAN : France : Guérande : 44350 : 05/04/2021
Altitude : 32 m - Taille : 9mm
Réf. : 278854

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos278/big/P1010637.JPG
ORCHALLAN : France : Guérande : 44350 : 05/04/2021
Altitude : 32 m - Taille : 9mm
Réf. : 278855

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos278/big/Scutum2.jpg
ORCHALLAN : France : Guérande : 44350 : 05/04/2021
Altitude : 32 m - Taille : 9mm
Réf. : 278959

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos278/big/Scutum3.jpg
ORCHALLAN : France : Guérande : 44350 : 05/04/2021
Altitude : 32 m - Taille : 9mm
Réf. : 278960

Thank you

Posted by Zeegers on 08-04-2021 13:34
#2
If you think it is a Muscid, but the median vein is bend, it is one of those bended-Muscidae (Musca, Muscina, ...)
or..

it is Macquartia ! ( hence a Tachinidae).

Can you please show us a closeup of the head in profile ( so lateral view ) ?

Theo

Posted by ORCHALLAN on 08-04-2021 17:18
#3
Thank you Theo, this is a profile head view
www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos279/big/Tete%20profil2.jpg
ORCHALLAN : France : Guérande : 44350 : 05/04/2021
Altitude : 32 m - Taille : 9mm
Réf. : 279031

Posted by Zeegers on 08-04-2021 18:08
#4
Thsnks ! So it is the female of M. dispar parafacial hairy, short praealar bristle)

Theo

Posted by ORCHALLAN on 08-04-2021 19:36
#5
Thank you very much Theo, I had not made the link with the male that I presented a few days ago