Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Muscina cf. pascuorum
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| Tony T |
Posted on 17-04-2008 21:43
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 Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
16 April 2008, New Brunswick, Canada. Length: 10mm. Differs from a similar fly identified as Muscina levida HERE by having orange palps and orange on antennae. Fly is blacker than shown, lightened to show more details. EDIT: was Muscina sp.?? Tony T attached the following image:  [192.54Kb] Edited by Tony T on 19-04-2008 14:21 |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 18-04-2008 07:41
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
If this is a Muscina the tip of the scutellum should be yellow. If so, this is more likely to be Muscina prolapsa (which should be common in the Nearctic) or something similar.
Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| Tony T |
Posted on 18-04-2008 14:49
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Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
Xespok wrote: If this is a Muscina the tip of the scutellum should be yellow. If so, this is more likely to be Muscina prolapsa (which should be common in the Nearctic) or something similar. Thanks for this, scutellum tip has small area of red, see photo: Tony T attached the following image:  [155.43Kb] |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 18-04-2008 21:41
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
I think it's Muscina (at least it is a member of Reinwardtiini). I can't give the identity of this one since I don't know all the nearctic species, but the most approaching European species would be Muscina pascuorum.
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| Tony T |
Posted on 19-04-2008 01:10
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Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
Thanks Gabor & Stephane. We have both those species in NB: Muscina dorsilinea Wulp 1896 (Clinopera) Muscina flukei Snyder 1956 (Muscina) Muscina fulvacrura Snyder 1956 (Muscina) Muscina levida Harris 1780 (Musca) Muscina pascuorum Meigen 1826 (Musca) Muscina prolapsa Harris 1780 (Musca) Muscina stabulans Fallen 1817 (Musca) |
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