Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Canadian Anthomyiid, female
Posted by Tony T on 17-02-2015 13:52
#1
28 April 2009 New Brunswick, Canada
EDIT: was "Unknown family"
Edited by Tony T on 18-02-2015 16:52
Posted by lagura on 17-02-2015 14:30
#2
Looks like a Muscidae to me. Perhaps a Coenosia. But wait for the experts! :)
Posted by Michael Ackland on 18-02-2015 15:28
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Joanna drew my attention to this post. It is an anthomyiid and probably a female in the liturata subsection of Anthomyia. There are quite a lot of species in the punctipennis section (in which the punctipennis subsection is also included), (15 in total, 12 of them described recently in 2001 by Graham Griffiths in Nearctic Flies. These new species were mainly characterized by the genitalia in the males, and most of the females were unrecognised. It will be a question of finding pairs in cop, and catching them!
An excellent photo by the way.
Posted by Tony T on 18-02-2015 16:51
#4
Thanks Lars and Michael for commenting and ID
Posted by John Carr on 19-02-2015 02:41
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Griffiths recorded two species of the group from northeastern North America,
A. nodulosa with av on mid tibia and
A. neoliturata without.