Posted by bradbarnd on 02-08-2013 03:44
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Any help with ID of this muscid fly, photographed by Tom Murray in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; date October 25, 2012
Attempted to key from specimen using Manual of Nearctic Diptera, and got to Brontaea, but I'm not sure. Distribution of setae on sternite 1 match as described for Brontaea.
If so, it would seem to be Brontaea humilis.
Some other features of B. humilis, noted in Carvalho & Pont's 1997 paper on new world Brontaea, all match: scutum of male dark-brown dusted, no vittae; dark calypters, and sunken parafacials all match, as do the setae on sternite 1 and setae on hind tibiae.
Edited by bradbarnd on 02-08-2013 04:30