Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hippoboscidae-looking fly
Posted by Cranefly on 01-02-2010 10:17
#1
I discovered this fly in soil sample where I hoped to find Limoniidae emerging from larvae. Flat, frightful, looking like Hippoboscidae. What is it?
Posted by Cranefly on 01-02-2010 10:17
#2
scutellum with 6 rather long setae
Posted by Paul Beuk on 01-02-2010 13:36
#3
Comparing with NW European species it best fits
Ornithomya chloropus but a ventral vier clearly showing the colours of the head is necessary to separate it from
O. fringillina with confidence.
Edited by Paul Beuk on 01-02-2010 13:36
Posted by Cranefly on 02-02-2010 09:01
#4
Head ventrally seems to be brown with triangular light spots
Posted by Cranefly on 02-02-2010 09:02
#5
Scutellum with 6 hars but marginal setae are shorter
Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-02-2010 11:35
#6
Based on the reference below I would arrive at
C. fringillina, but with the provision that there are no other
Ornithomya species in the area than
avicularia,
biloba,
choloropus, and
fringillina. I have no clue how others might fit in the key and have similar characters.
How many DNA sequences are needed for solving a taxonomic problem? The case of two parapatric species of louse flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae:
Ornithomya Latreille, 1802). -
Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny 65(2): 119-125. (
PDF)
Posted by Cranefly on 02-02-2010 11:38
#7
Many thanks.B)