Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tide mark fly
Posted by Philippe moniotte on 14-07-2011 09:50
#1
Hello all,
Those flies were very numerous on the organic debris of the tide mark in the Parc national du Bic (Québec, Saint Laurent estuary).
Is it possible to ID them, at least to family ? Size like a largish house fly.
TIA
Philippe
Edited by Philippe moniotte on 14-07-2011 09:52
Posted by Philippe moniotte on 14-07-2011 09:53
#2
Another picture
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 14-07-2011 10:00
#3
Ceratinostoma (Scathophagidae). I don't know the species in Quebec. In Europa, only
C. ostiorum.
Posted by Philippe moniotte on 14-07-2011 11:20
#4
Thanks Stephane
I thought it had the Gestalt of a scathophagidae!
Bugguide has one entry for C. ostiorum in Massachussetts, and no other species is mentionned.
If you had not known the location, would you have said it was ostiorum, based on the pictures ?
Philippe
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 14-07-2011 11:44
#5
Certainly !
Posted by Philippe moniotte on 14-07-2011 12:07
#6
OK, then, I'll make it cf, just in case ;)
Thanks again
Philippe