Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Scathophaga with yellow antennae - help!
Posted by Sundew on 05-05-2010 00:59
#1
Hi,
Recently I met this
Scathophaga - I know ID is difficult. However, it is no
S. stercoraria, as the antennae are yellow and the arista seems to be bare. Furthermore, there are anterodorsal bristles on the hind femur (as far as I understand the bristle terminology). So are there any experts that could supply a possible name? Many thanks,
Sundew
Posted by Roger Thomason on 06-05-2010 00:37
#2
S.furcata I would reckon. Stephane might want to confirm or otherwise.
Roger
Posted by Sundew on 06-05-2010 12:19
#3
Many thanks, Roger! I compared all the threads concerning
S. furcata and am quite convinced. Scathophagas are such impressives flies, they absolutely deserve a species name :).
Regards, Sundew
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 06-05-2010 18:29
#4
The lack of ad on hind femur is only a character of the male
S. suilla, not of the female.
Here the arista is bare, the crossveins are infuscated, there is a dark mark on fore femur, 2 ad on mid tibia, all is OK for
S. furcata.