Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Muscidae ID => Muscina levida
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| tristram |
Posted on 22-09-2012 20:30
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1335 Joined: 27.06.10 |
Photos taken in Reading, UK, on 2012-09-21. I think this might be a male Muscina levida. Is this correct? tristram attached the following image:  [175.01Kb] Edited by tristram on 29-09-2012 08:32 |
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| tristram |
Posted on 22-09-2012 20:30
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1335 Joined: 27.06.10 |
Another angle:
tristram attached the following image:  [141.63Kb] |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 22-09-2012 21:06
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9561 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Muscina is correct. M. pascuorum, I think. Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| tristram |
Posted on 23-09-2012 18:38
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1335 Joined: 27.06.10 |
Interesting. Muscina pascuorum is not listed in the NBN Gateway nor in the Muscidae volume of the RHS Handbook. However, it is listed in the checklist at Dipterists Forum which includes a note saying "Restored from Excluded Species by Skidmore & Pont (2008)". Were these flies previously included in another species? |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 23-09-2012 19:55
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9561 Joined: 24.05.05 |
It seems to me that palpi are rather yellow? In this case: 1. I'm sorry 2. I recall my answer. 3. You were quite right - M. levida Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| tristram |
Posted on 23-09-2012 20:55
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1335 Joined: 27.06.10 |
Yes, I did notice that other pictures of pascuorum had reddish bases to their antennae (a bit like prolapsa but not as noticable). Thanks, anyway. |
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