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 Muscidae: Stomoxys ID (Mauritius)
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| ESant |
Posted on 26-06-2024 11:46
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Member Location: L'Aquila, Italy Posts: 2190 Joined: 20.09.20 |
Hello, I photographed this fly in Pamplemousses, Mauritius, on April 20th 2024. I think it is a Stomoxys, but is it possible to identify its genus or species from these photos? If I'm not mistaken, 3 species are reported for the Mascarenes, but I wasn't able to find much information on how to tell them apart. Thank you in advance, Emanuele ESant attached the following image:  [296.85Kb] Edited by ESant on 27-06-2024 19:56 |
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| ESant |
Posted on 26-06-2024 11:47
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Member Location: L'Aquila, Italy Posts: 2190 Joined: 20.09.20 |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 26-06-2024 22:35
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9470 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Only S. calcitrans is known from Mauritius
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 27-06-2024 14:30
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 Super Administrator Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10467 Joined: 22.10.10 |
According to the abstract of this paper Stomoxys nigra is the more common species: https://www.cambr...9CD6441BCC |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 15-07-2024 21:20
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Super Administrator Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10467 Joined: 22.10.10 |
The pattern on the abdomen does not match either Stomoxys calcitrans or S. niger. From the key to the Muscidae of Madagascar (Couri et al. 2006): Frons slightly widening from the vertex towards the lunula; abdomen with dark spots; width of male frons at its narrowest part about ⅓ or more of eye-length; width of female frons at vertex about one-half of eye-length .... S. calcitrans Frons sub-parallel in posterior half; abdoment with dark transverse bands; width of male frons at narrowest point about ¼ or less of eye-length; width of female frons less than one-half of eye-length ... S. niger https://researcha...57_n29.pdf Figures of abdomens of both species are on the last page. |
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