Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Muscidae: Lophosceles cinereiventris
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| conopid |
Posted on 09-03-2010 23:46
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 Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
Hello Forum, Just checking my identification. Does this look like a Lophosceles cinereiventis male? conopid attached the following image:  [93.48Kb] Edited by conopid on 10-03-2010 11:29 Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 10-03-2010 21:23
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
It could be it, and it would be very interesting. If arista is almost bare, 4 post dc, acr rows distinct, short prealar and no Thricops setulae on post. inner edge of hind coxa, then I think it is it. I have not yet found any Lophosceles.
Stephane. |
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| conopid |
Posted on 10-03-2010 21:58
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Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
Thanks Stephane, Yes that's the species then. Lophosceles are apparently common in British woodlands, so I'll look out for more specimens this year.
Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| KWQ |
Posted on 11-03-2010 11:45
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Member Location: Turku, Finland Posts: 208 Joined: 10.12.04 |
This seems quite a rare one in Finland nowadays. I've collected only a single specimen in the wake of the beginning of my "career" back in 2001 (I remember it was a very cold May day) and I guess not many other modern Finnish dipterists have recorded it. |
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