Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Muscid fly
|
|
| Basil Crowley |
Posted on 05-06-2009 13:20
|
|
Member Location: Southern England Posts: 58 Joined: 21.04.09 |
I would be grateful for a species identification of this one, if possible. Slightly larger than a house fly, but smaller than a bluebottle, or Sarcophaga carnaria, which it superficially resembles. Photographed outdoors, sunning itself on a wooden fence in the evening sunshine. Southern England, mid April. Basil Crowley attached the following image:  [104.36Kb] |
|
|
|
| ChrisR |
Posted on 05-06-2009 13:42
|
 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
It's just one of the smaller sarcophagini - not Sarcophaga perhaps but one of the other species  So, not a muscid 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
 |
|
| Basil Crowley |
Posted on 06-06-2009 11:40
|
|
Member Location: Southern England Posts: 58 Joined: 21.04.09 |
Oops!  Thanks for putting me right.  So it's Sarcophagini spp. I suppose that means there is zilch chance of a genus level id? It does seem a little strange that such a distinctive looking fly does not have a name, even a common one. Edited by Basil Crowley on 06-06-2009 11:42 |
|
|
|
| Xespok |
Posted on 06-06-2009 11:48
|
 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
There are cc. 150-250 species that look more or less like this in Europe alone. Most of these belong to Sarcophaga in its broad sense. However my gut feeling is that this is not a Sarcophaga sp. This individual is likelty to be a female, so there is a chance that this can not be identified to species even by the best expert in the world. Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
|
|
|
| Jump to Forum: |