Posted by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 03-12-2019 12:38
#1
This was found on 19th July 2019, on a dry forest edge in the eastern part of Lower Saxony (Germany).
kind regards
Jann
Edited by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 05-12-2019 14:56
Posted by Zeegers on 04-12-2019 08:37
#4
Miltogramma cf. germari (I have no idea if you have oestraceum and in any case, we can't see the fore tarsi ....)
Theo
Posted by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 05-12-2019 14:54
#5
Thank you very much, Theo!
Unfortunately, I have only two additional photos showing nearly the same features, and not the fore tarsi.
Regarding the Miltogramma species known for Lower Saxony, thanks to Jens-Hermann Stuke, who published a list of Diptera reported from Lower Saxony recently, I can say that only M. germari, M. murina and M. punctata are mentioned. But of course that doesn't mean that oestraceum can be excluded, as I understand it, because the overall knowledge of Sarcophagidae (an Diptera of most families in general) for Lower Saxony is still quite poor.
And the host of oestraceum, Dasypoda hirtipes (if my information is correct), is quite common on the sandy soils here.
Jann
Edited by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 05-12-2019 14:59
Posted by Zeegers on 05-12-2019 18:23
#6
Well, it is not punctatum (sic, -gramma is neutral) nor murinum.
And Miltogramma are hardly host specific and Dasypoda occurs on any open sand, so that is not informative, alas
Theo