Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Muscina levida?
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 05-03-2007 20:17
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14350 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello! When looking at the gallery I come to the conclusion, that this 10-12 mm fly from our house wall yesterday (Ostwestfalen/Germany) must be a Muscina levida female. Am I right? Thanks in advance for confirmation or correction! Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [19.45Kb] Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 05-03-2007 21:47
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
M levida is distinguished by having no orange at all except on the tip of the scutellum, so I think you are right. The other Muscina's (at least the others in the UK - 3 species) have some orange on legs, face, palps and/or abdomen.
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 06-03-2007 01:11
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14350 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Susan! Susan R Walter wrote: M levida is distinguished by having no orange at all except on the tip of the scutellum, so I think you are right. The other Muscina's (at least the others in the UK - 3 species) have some orange on legs, face, palps and/or abdomen. Thanks a lot! According to the "Entomofauna germanica" we also have only 3 Muscina species here in Germany. I think, they are the same as in the UK: levida, prolapsa and stabulans. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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