Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Muscidae - Stomoxys calcitrans

Posted by caliprobola on 27-03-2009 00:52
#1

kan someone confirm ID for this fly?

picture taken on the 30th august 2008 at Heist, Belgium (locality near the coast)

thanx a lot

pieter

Edited by caliprobola on 27-03-2009 08:48

Posted by Xespok on 27-03-2009 07:12
#2

OK. Only such species in Europe.

Posted by caliprobola on 27-03-2009 08:46
#3

thanks! :)

Posted by romunov on 27-03-2009 09:50
#4

What gives the fly away as S. calcitrans?

Posted by caliprobola on 27-03-2009 09:57
#5

i guess it's about the only Muscidae with that elongated mouthparts?

Posted by andrzej grzywacz on 29-03-2009 23:02
#6

Haematobia and Haematobosca also have long proboscis