Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Muscidae (???) - Ecuador (2 pics)
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| Rupert Huber |
Posted on 15-10-2009 11:21
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Hello to all! Is my guess correct? And does anybody know more about it? It's size was about 10mm. 9.8.2009, Ecuador, Mitad del Mundo (near Quito), about 2500m asl. Rupert Huber attached the following image:  [179.53Kb] Best greetings Rupert |
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| Rupert Huber |
Posted on 15-10-2009 11:21
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Member Location: Germany / South-East Bavaria Posts: 777 Joined: 19.07.07 |
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Rupert Huber attached the following image:  [176.21Kb] Best greetings Rupert |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 15-10-2009 12:04
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My guess would be Calliphoridae ... bent median vein and plumose arista etc 
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 15-10-2009 12:17
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Could well be Chrysomyia.
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| Rupert Huber |
Posted on 17-10-2009 13:58
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Thanks, Chris and Paul! After consulting the gallery, I must say it looks practically identic with Chrysomyia albiceps. Wing venation fits perfectly as well as shape of head. Only the black stripes seem to be a bit broader at mine than at the one in the gallery. Nevertheless of course I don't know about its mix-up-species in South America (or anywhere), so I think with Chrysomyia sp. I'm on the safe side. Best greetings Rupert |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 17-10-2009 16:57
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Rupert Huber wrote: ... I think with Chrysomyia sp. I'm on the safe side. It's certainly about as risky as I would go. I would probably say "possibly Chrysomyia sp."  Like you say, it's a fair bet but without keys or a look through a good collection of neotropical calliphorids we just don't know how many genera look like this
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| Rupert Huber |
Posted on 17-10-2009 20:00
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Yes, Chris, it's always hard to imagine for me that there might be so similar genera, but of course you are right.
Best greetings Rupert |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 17-10-2009 20:10
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In the neotropics anything is possible!
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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