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Muscids, Dichaetomyia spp. (Malaysia)
u_loji
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Two different medium sized(~10mm) Calliphorid specimens, both look like some sort of Phumosia.

Thanks for the help.

Specimen 1:

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Specimen 2:

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Edited by u_loji on 28-10-2013 09:43
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Dichaetomyia species.
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What a careless mistake. I must have mixed up a character while sorting to family.

Thanks for the help and correction. I keyed it using a Muscid key got Dichaetomyia as well.
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The 1st specimen could be Dichaetomyia quadrata and the second Dichaetomyia malaya (without any guarantee though).
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Thanks Stephane. Are there any keys or descriptions that I use to confirm the identification?
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I used the key by Shinonaga and Thinh : Muscidae of Vietnam - Jpn.J.syst.Entom, 6(1): 37-58. May 25, 2000. and Emden, F.I. van. (1965): Diptera. Vol. 7. Muscidae. Part 1..
I don't know if there are other documents available for your area.
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I did a search and I don't have any access to those keys.

Emden (1965) is quite a rare book, my library only has up to Diptera vol. 6.

I guess I'll just trust your identifications until I can track down those references.
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