Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unknown Muscid

Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 24-02-2007 12:36
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Hello Juergen,

I am far from an expert, but I'll give you my thoughts on this one.

Two possibilities spring to my mind when I see such an orange-tipped scutellum: Muscina sp. or Phaonia sp.
I don't think it is Muscina, because I do not know of any Muscina with such an orange abdomen.
That leaves me with Phaonia subventa and the like, but in that case it is probably a species I do not know, because the thorax seems to be too dark for subventa, and the extensive black markings on the abdomen do not seem to fit rufiventris. On top of that, it lacks the infuscated cross veins Phaonia often shows.

Which leaves you with very little, I'm afraid :(

Hopefully one of the experts can help you further.

P.s.: is that a Phaonia bristle sticking out under the left wing, just above the hind left leg? (lower picture).