Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Muscidae, NL?
Posted by jck on 16-05-2015 14:02
#1
Can anyone help with this fly? Seen near Apeldoorn, NL on 1 May 2015.
James
Posted by jck on 16-05-2015 14:02
#2
photo 2
Posted by jck on 16-05-2015 14:04
#3
photo3
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 16-05-2015 15:18
#4
I think it's a female
Hebecnema umbratica.
Posted by jck on 17-05-2015 10:50
#5
Thank you, Stephane - not 100% sure?
James
Posted by oceanlis2000 on 19-05-2015 14:35
#6
Hi Stephane do all species in the genus Hebecnema have the white spot at the base of the antennae?
Thx
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 19-05-2015 18:12
#7
@James : let's say I'm sure at 99.9 % (it remains IDing from pictures, never forget this !). Your third picture shows clearly it has no prealar, this confirms the genus, and the scutum is heavily pruinose with stripes, the eyes are hairy, the frontal triangle extends almost to the lunule, this would confirm the species).
@Elisabeth : it seems that yes (from my pictures), but don't take this as a scientific character (it is also often the case for females
Hydrotaea, even more obvious).
Posted by jck on 20-05-2015 05:25
#8
Thanks for the explanation.
James
Posted by oceanlis2000 on 23-05-2015 10:58
#9
Thanks Stephane