Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Muscidae (???) - Ecuador (2 pics)
Posted by Rupert Huber on 15-10-2009 11:21
#1
Hello to all!
Is my guess correct? And does anybody know more about it? It's size was about 10mm.
9.8.2009, Ecuador, Mitad del Mundo (near Quito), about 2500m asl.
Posted by Rupert Huber on 15-10-2009 11:21
#2
2nd
Posted by ChrisR on 15-10-2009 12:04
#3
My guess would be Calliphoridae ... bent median vein and plumose arista etc :)
Posted by Paul Beuk on 15-10-2009 12:17
#4
Could well be
Chrysomyia.
Posted by Rupert Huber on 17-10-2009 13:58
#5
Thanks, Chris and Paul!
After consulting the gallery, I must say it looks practically identic with
Chrysomyia albiceps. Wing venation fits perfectly as well as shape of head. Only the black stripes seem to be a bit broader at mine than at the one in the gallery. Nevertheless of course I don't know about its mix-up-species in South America (or anywhere), so I think with Chrysomyia sp. I'm on the safe side.
Posted by ChrisR on 17-10-2009 16:57
#6
Rupert Huber wrote:
... I think with Chrysomyia sp. I'm on the safe side.
It's certainly about as risky as I would go. I would probably say "possibly
Chrysomyia sp." ;)
Like you say, it's a fair bet but without keys or a look through a good collection of neotropical calliphorids we just don't know how many genera look like this :)
Posted by Rupert Huber on 17-10-2009 20:00
#7
Yes, Chris, it's always hard to imagine for me that there might be
so similar genera, but of course you are right.
Posted by ChrisR on 17-10-2009 20:10
#8
In the neotropics anything is possible! ;)