Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Muscidae - Phaonia sp??
Posted by nick upton on 20-03-2010 20:02
#1
Can anyone help identify this fly, which I think is a Muscid, maybe Phaonia sp. viarum??
30.5.09 Wiltshire southwest UK
NickU
Posted by nielsyese on 20-03-2010 20:14
#2
Looks like Phaonia rufiventris but let's wait for the experts:)
Niels
Posted by nick upton on 20-03-2010 20:22
#3
OK thanks Niels. That was one of my other "possible" IDs on this, but I don't have keys to know what to look for... Maybe an expert will chime in!
Nick
Posted by Juergen Peters on 20-03-2010 20:26
#4
Hi!
Nielsyese wrote:
Looks like Phaonia rufiventris
??? That species looks totally different, has an orange red scutellum and abdomen:
http://www.dipter...to_id=2588
Could be
Helina impuncta perhaps, but I am no expert, too.
Posted by nick upton on 20-03-2010 20:31
#5
Thanks Juergen for the new suggestion, I'll find some photos of H. impuncta to compare my fly with, and maybe a muscid expert will help as well!
Nck
Posted by javanerkelens on 20-03-2010 20:44
#6
I go along with Juergen
H.impuncta
Joke
Posted by nick upton on 21-03-2010 19:00
#7
Ok many thanks all. It does seem a very good match with H.impuncta photos in the gallery and it seems to be a common UK species.
Nick