Thread subject: Diptera.info :: female Piophilidae? Switzerland

Posted by Jiri Hodecek on 29-11-2021 15:27
#1

Locality: Bern, Switzerland, near dead pig (experiment). Thanks for any closer ID.

Sorry for the low pic quality...

Edited by Jiri Hodecek on 29-11-2021 15:28

Posted by Jiri Hodecek on 29-11-2021 15:29
#2

The other side of the same fly.

Posted by Jan Maca on 29-11-2021 17:00
#3

I think so.
Funny that two Czechs correspond in English. I do not hesitate...

Posted by Paul Beuk on 30-11-2021 11:15
#4

Ovipositor is not Piophilidae like, I think, nor the darkening in the wing tip. Another shot in cleaner liquid?

Posted by Jiri Hodecek on 01-12-2021 11:12
#5

Thank you Paul. Unfortunately, I am not able to take more pics as the fly is back in the vial and I have hundreds of vials with thousands of flies. What other family would you be inclined to believe it belongs to?

Posted by Jan Maca on 01-12-2021 14:26
#6

I agree that some characters are weird for Piophilidae. Rigorous determination is not possible, stil I have another guess: Acartophthalmus (bicolor?). What do you mean, Paul?

Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-12-2021 16:16
#7

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Posted by Jiri Hodecek on 06-12-2021 09:30
#8

So its Acartophthalmidae! Thank you both!