Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Muscidae - Polietes lardarius presumably
Posted by tim worfolk on 28-05-2009 18:37
#1
Muscidae?
28/5/2009
Devon, England
wet meadow/hedge
thanks
Tim
Edited by tim worfolk on 29-05-2009 21:52
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 28-05-2009 19:05
#2
It's a female
Polietes meridionalis, Muscidae.
Posted by tim worfolk on 28-05-2009 19:31
#3
Once again Stephane, many thanks.
Posted by tim worfolk on 29-05-2009 06:41
#4
P.meridionalis doesn't seem to be on the British list - is this a question of nomenclature, or is there something else going on here?
Tim
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 29-05-2009 17:39
#5
Well pointed.
Its' either
P. lardarius or
P. meridionalis. I came to the conclusion that it is the later because the face seems yellowish, as the anterior spiracle, and not greyish like they have to be for
P. lardarius. My new conclusion would be now that the picture could have fooled me.
Posted by tim worfolk on 29-05-2009 21:51
#6
Curiouser and curiouser. Well I guess it must be
P.lardarius as you say and maybe the id. criteria is perhaps not so reliable in Britain at least? I am certain that the yellowish colour is accurate, the light was good - diffuse and not too bright with nothing nearby projecting a yellow tone.
Thanks again
Tim