Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 26-04-2017 20:15
#7
First there are many other
Musca species :
osiris, tempestiva, vitripennis, lucidula, sorbens, albina, crassirostris, ventrosa, xanthomelas...
Some need details which are not visible from photographs (hairs on propleuron, suprasquamal ridge etc.).
Some species are easy to ID though (
M. ventrosa for example is the only species with a wholly yellow abdomen), but some species are very close and difficult to separate from pictures (like
M. autumnalis/larvipara). These later can be distinguished by the hairiness of suprasquamal ridge and/or the genal distribution of hairiness.
Musca domestica has got a broad frons and a rather elongated abdomen (and the propleuron is hairy). I can't write a complete key here of course. For
Musca, collecting is the best way to get a reliable identification.