Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Help in identification of yellow rounded abdomen fly?

Posted by daniellaliza on 19-08-2014 21:32
#1

Hello,

Can anyone please help me identify the Diptera in the attached image? I desperately need to identify it for my thesis but am having no luck. It was observed on a carcass.

Many thanks,
Daniella

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 19-08-2014 21:53
#2

Please, give the location and date of the picture...

Posted by daniellaliza on 19-08-2014 21:54
#3

Location was in Bookham, south west England, the date was the 29th May 2014. Many thanks.

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 19-08-2014 22:03
#4

OK. Unless you have a better picture, I can only guessing (the picture is too blurred to see whether it has presutural acrostichals, and legs are not visible) : my guess is Phaonia subventa (female), but as I said, nothing sure here.

Posted by daniellaliza on 20-08-2014 11:31
#5

Hi Stephane,

Thank you very much, thats much appreciated! Unfortunately I was photographing it through a mesh cage so the only other picture I have is the zoomed out version. While this may be less blurry, there is a carcass in it which I didn't want to subject people to!

Again, thanks for the help, much appreciated!

Posted by daniellaliza on 20-08-2014 11:31
#6

Hi Stephane,

Thank you very much, thats much appreciated! Unfortunately I was photographing it through a mesh cage so the only other picture I have is the zoomed out version. While this may be less blurry, there is a carcass in it which I didn't want to subject people to!

Again, thanks for the help, much appreciated!