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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unkown Sarcophagidae from French Polynesia

Posted by jmarie987 on 08-10-2019 03:45

Hi to all,

thanks for your help identifying that fly...
trapped in a fly trap with methomyl and tricosene. on Tahiti island september 2019

Does this specimen tells you something?
I am not a specialist in that phylum.

thanks

Jerome

Edited by jmarie987 on 08-10-2019 19:38

Posted by johnes81 on 08-10-2019 14:41

Hello jmarie987,

I'm certainly not a world expert but i would check Muscidae or Sarcophagidae. I see at least 5 dc and one pair of prescutellar ac, I also see shadow veins on the wings. How do you arrive at Calliphoridae? is the suprasquamal ridge haired?

Best wishes,
John

Edited by johnes81 on 08-10-2019 14:41

Posted by Zeegers on 08-10-2019 19:03

It is a Sarc, no doubt

Theo.

Posted by jmarie987 on 08-10-2019 19:29

johnes81 wrote:
Hello jmarie987,

I'm certainly not a world expert but i would check Muscidae or Sarcophagidae. I see at least 5 dc and one pair of prescutellar ac, I also see shadow veins on the wings. How do you arrive at Calliphoridae? is the suprasquamal ridge haired?

Best wishes,
John

Posted by jmarie987 on 08-10-2019 19:31

Thank you John,
I am more in mosquitoes than in flies! I will remove Calliphoridae, I thought that Sarcophagidae had always 3 black stripes on thorax. Thanks for any advice I will put it in a Sarcophagidae thread
Best wishes
Jerome

Posted by jmarie987 on 08-10-2019 19:31

Zeegers wrote:
It is a Sarc, no doubt

Theo.

Posted by jmarie987 on 08-10-2019 19:34

Thanks Theo,
I will change it.
I am trying to identify flies but I am not into it as my specialty is Medical entomolgy dealing with vectors.
thanks for all your advices and orientation in determining this specimen.
Best,

Jerome

Edited by jmarie987 on 08-10-2019 19:53