Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Anthomyiidae ? or Muscidae => Hylemya vagans (female)
Posted by Caillou on 02-02-2013 19:07
#1
Hello,
I would suspect this specimen to be a
Hylemya (female), possibly
vagans ??
Please note I'm not sure of anything, not even the family... therefore sorry if I mislead anybody with my guesses!
Thank you so much for your help!
Location: Vevey (Switzerland)
Date-time: 2013-1-31 14:15
Habitat: In a little forest near the city
Size: 7 mm approx.
Edited by Caillou on 03-02-2013 09:24
Posted by Caillou on 02-02-2013 19:08
#2
The only other image I got...
Posted by Caillou on 02-02-2013 20:57
#3
I have just found in a diptera gallery a possibly better genus candidate in my opinion:
Coenosia. What do you think of it?
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 02-02-2013 21:37
#4
Anthomyiidae, I think
Hylemya vagans too.
Edited by Stephane Lebrun on 02-02-2013 21:37
Posted by Caillou on 03-02-2013 09:23
#5
Thank you very much Stephane! I like the fly's posture and I would have been saddened if no ID was possible!
Posted by Calilasseia on 03-02-2013 09:27
#6
That specimen looks as if it's preparing to invite another fly to join it in a waltz!
[/End whimsical mode]
Posted by John Carr on 04-02-2013 00:45
#7
What is visible in these photos to make this fly a
Hylemya?
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 04-02-2013 12:14
#8
Long haired arista + non-projecting lower calypter + yellow legs.
Posted by John Carr on 04-02-2013 14:47
#9
Stephane Lebrun wrote:
Long haired arista + non-projecting lower calypter + yellow legs.
I think we have exceptions in North America, e.g. some
Delia. Unfortunately the last key to North American genera is quite old. It was published in 1987 but written in the 1970s based on 1960s classification.
Posted by Caillou on 05-02-2013 06:54
#10
Thank you so much Stephane for providing the details!
Could you please tell me whether it is correct to translate that into:
"arista plumeuse + cuilleron thoracique ne dépassant pas le cuilleron alaire + pattes jaunes"?