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 Red frons in Muscidae
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| Johane |
Posted on 09-12-2015 23:17
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Member Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Posts: 1967 Joined: 27.08.13 |
How common is it that Muscidae have a red or orange frons and in which genera/species does it occur?
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 10-12-2015 06:13
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Hi Johan, the Muscidae with orange frons are extremely rare. It is one of the trick to distinguish them from Anthomyiidae. I think about Coenosia, like C. testacea, which has orange on anterior part of frons, the genus Atherigona, and there are perhaps a few species in Coenosi-a (-ini) that doesn't come to my mind so early in the morning. Stephane. |
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| Johane |
Posted on 10-12-2015 11:02
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Member Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Posts: 1967 Joined: 27.08.13 |
The reason why I asked is this fly. http://artportale...age/644932 Is it C. mollicula? Edited by Paul Beuk on 10-12-2015 11:24 Johan Ennerfelt |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 10-12-2015 11:29
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Compare with Mycophaga testacea (Anthomyiidae): http://www.dipter...to_id=6562
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Johane |
Posted on 10-12-2015 15:44
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Member Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Posts: 1967 Joined: 27.08.13 |
It is not Coenosia mollicula or another Muscidae then?
Johan Ennerfelt |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 10-12-2015 17:22
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
I don't know. I know it is not Mycophaga testacea because that has partly reddish scutellum, but I do not know about related species. I cannot for certain say that it is Muscidae, but looking further in the Anthomyiidae gallery there is also this picture of Pegomyia cf. solennis: http://www.dipter...to_id=6786. Oddly enough, the males of that species in the Gallery all have grey fore tibiae, the female's fore tibia is rather orange. Anyway, I am venturing on thin ice as I know preciously little about Anthomyiidae... Edited by Paul Beuk on 10-12-2015 17:27 Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 10-12-2015 19:51
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
The picture is very small, but I would say Anthomyiidae-Pegomya also.
Stephane. |
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