Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Muscid fly
Posted by Basil Crowley on 05-06-2009 13:20
#1
I would be grateful for a species identification of this one, if possible.
Slightly larger than a house fly, but smaller than a bluebottle, or Sarcophaga carnaria, which it superficially resembles.
Photographed outdoors, sunning itself on a wooden fence in the evening sunshine. Southern England, mid April.
Posted by ChrisR on 05-06-2009 13:42
#2
It's just one of the smaller sarcophagini - not
Sarcophaga perhaps but one of the other species :) So, not a muscid ;)
Posted by Basil Crowley on 06-06-2009 11:40
#3
Oops! :| Thanks for putting me right. :D
So it's Sarcophagini spp. I suppose that means there is zilch chance of a genus level id?
It does seem a little strange that such a distinctive looking fly does not have a name, even a common one.
Edited by Basil Crowley on 06-06-2009 11:42
Posted by Xespok on 06-06-2009 11:48
#4
There are cc. 150-250 species that look more or less like this in Europe alone. Most of these belong to Sarcophaga in its broad sense. However my gut feeling is that this is not a Sarcophaga sp.
This individual is likelty to be a female, so there is a chance that this can not be identified to species even by the best expert in the world.