Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Paraguay Diptera
Posted by ulf on 09-08-2010 22:19
#1
hi all,
we have some new Diptera photos in
http://www.pybio.... and in
http://www.pybio....
can anybody help with ID, at least to family?
thanks
ulf
Edited by ChrisR on 09-08-2010 22:33
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 10-08-2010 00:02
#2
12 - Calliphoridae .- Chrysomya sp.
10 and 11 - Sarcophagidae
7,8 and 9 - Tachinidae
4,5 and 6 - all Calliphoridae - Chrysomya spp.
1 - a crazy Syrphidae
2 - seems an Ulidiidae...
Posted by ChrisR on 10-08-2010 09:19
#3
This one is a calliphorid of the sub-family Mesembrinellinae (I would need a specimen to get to genus):
I only know them because they have a subscutellum, rather like a tachinid's, and they confused me for a while - until I tried them in the MCAD volume 1 family keys :D
Posted by ChrisR on 10-08-2010 09:28
#4
Hmm, where is the link for the numbered photos? I just see the normal ones, listed by family.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 10-08-2010 09:31
#5
Well, Peter has migrated the photos into the families sets. ;)
Posted by ChrisR on 10-08-2010 09:34
#6
I am not convinced that these are calliphorids, I think they could equally be tachinids:
Genera such as
Leschenaultia look similar to this fly but this is absolutely NOT an identification (best I would say is "possibly
Leschenaultia" ) - there are too many unknowns and I'd need specimens. Even with specimens it would be very hard with lots of uncertainty ... but if you have specimens then I will try them sometime in the next few years, as I learn more :D
Edited by ChrisR on 10-08-2010 09:43
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 10-08-2010 09:36
#7
hmm.. maybe. But I don't see any strong subscutellum, but specially the bristles are very weak.
Maybe a interrogation point for this specimen...
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 10-08-2010 09:37
Posted by Thomas Pape on 18-08-2010 17:09
#8
Not calliphorids and indeed tachinids. As for Mesembrinellinae, I prefer to lump all species in the genus Mesembrinella. The group is quite distinctive and rather homogenous, and I see no reason to treat the various subgroups (still not well defined) as valid genera.
Posted by Thomas Pape on 18-08-2010 17:10
#9
The three photos of Sarcophagidae are all females of the genus Oxysarcodexia.