Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Beach Muscidae with part-shaded wings. Spilogona sp.
Posted by Roger Thomason on 08-03-2022 14:41
#1
Found in a stagnant pool with rotting seaweed and goose crap [I go to all the best places :D ]
Anyone know which Genus/Species this is? No lateral shots due to ground conditions! :S
Edited by Roger Thomason on 12-03-2022 23:20
Posted by Roger Thomason on 08-03-2022 14:42
#2
Second similar view...
Posted by Tony Irwin on 08-03-2022 15:29
#3
The male of the other one? (I don't recognize it.)
Posted by tristram on 08-03-2022 22:15
#4
My first suggestion would have been
Helina latitarsis but it does seem to have hairy eyes.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 09-03-2022 07:58
#5
It is bare-eyes and wide-frons Spilogona, but I could not find species level.
Posted by Roger Thomason on 12-03-2022 23:18
#6
Thank you Tony and Tristram for the input and Nikita for the Genus. Read up on these that they are nigh on impossible from photos. I only have 3 species of
Spilogona on the Checklist for Shetland [for what that's worth]! They are
Spilogona falleni, Spilogona surda, Spilogona trianguligera
Regards
Roger