Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Scathophaga furcata (Scathophagidae)

Posted by lagura on 21-11-2009 00:24
#1

Photo taken a foggy and quite rainy day. Fly didn't give me many chances to take photos. A Scathophaga?

Size: ~7mm
Date: 16 November 2009
Location: On wooden railing around a pond (Helsingborg, Sweden)

Thanks!

Edited by lagura on 22-11-2009 19:08

Posted by Frank Marquard on 22-11-2009 11:07
#2

Hello Lars,

the grayisch mark on front femur, non plumose arista and number and placement of setae on front tibia makes Scathophaga furcata very probably.
But I´m not an expert!

Frank

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 22-11-2009 13:42
#3

I'd support Franck guess.

Posted by lagura on 22-11-2009 19:06
#4

Thank you both!