Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Polietes ?

Posted by FrankH on 07-06-2012 08:08
#1

Hello, this is about 7 mm long flies I shot a few days ago on horse dung. Is it possible to identify the species?
Thanks and best wishes, Frank

Posted by FrankH on 07-06-2012 08:09
#2

..and this

Posted by FrankH on 07-06-2012 08:10
#3

...and this....

Posted by Stephen R on 07-06-2012 10:25
#4

Can you tell us the nationality of the horse?

Posted by FrankH on 07-06-2012 10:33
#5

Oh, sorry! It is Northern Germany, Schleswig-Holstein....Best wishes, Frank

Posted by Stephen R on 07-06-2012 21:01
#6

I would guess P. lardarius. (It doesn't look like domitor, no posterior setae on t1 (steinii) and the anterior spiracle and front of head are greyish, not yellowish (meridionalis).)

Posted by FrankH on 07-06-2012 21:11
#7

Thank you very much Stephen! Best wishes, Frank