Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Muscidae --> Musca autumnalis (copula)
Posted by pat_der2003 on 25-04-2009 11:32
#1
Is it a Musca sp ? and is it possible to go further ?
Loire-atlantique, western France, April 13 2009.
Edited by pat_der2003 on 26-04-2009 10:20
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 25-04-2009 11:54
#2
Musca autumnalis.
Posted by Muhammad Mahdi on 25-04-2009 11:54
#3
Musca domestica
Posted by pat_der2003 on 25-04-2009 18:15
#4
Well ... ;)
are there any clues, based on this picture, to make the difference between automnalis and domestica ?
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 25-04-2009 21:03
#5
M. domestca -> Male eyes separated by more than 2x flagellomere width ; female fronto-orbital plates narrow, about 1/3 frontal vitta width.
M. autumnalis -> Male eyes separated by less than flagellomere width ; female fo plates broader, more than 2/3 as wide as frontal vitta.
Posted by Muhammad Mahdi on 25-04-2009 22:20
#6
sorry Stephane for being so bold with my answer.
We posted at the same time and I was unaware that you had already replied when I did.
Posted by pat_der2003 on 26-04-2009 10:19
#7
Many Thanks Stephane for your didactic answer !! :)