Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Anthomyia or not?
Posted by Flippie on 30-03-2016 21:37
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Photographed this approx 6mm fly in Still bay, South Africa over the past weekend. I thought it was Anthomyia when I photographed it but having studied the photographs I'm not so sure now. I count 4 rather than 3 post sutural Dorsocentrals? Could this be Muscidae, Limnophora perhaps? There is a lot more orange on the legs than I am used to seeing in the Anthomyia I usually photograph. Any advice here would be appreciated.
Thanks
Philip
6 Photos:
Posted by Flippie on 30-03-2016 21:38
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Photo 2:
Posted by Flippie on 30-03-2016 21:39
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Photo 3:
Posted by Flippie on 30-03-2016 21:39
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Photo 4:
Posted by Flippie on 30-03-2016 21:40
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Photo 5:
Posted by Flippie on 30-03-2016 21:41
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Photo 6:
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 30-03-2016 22:27
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Not, it is Muscidae. I think it is male of Phaonia annulipes Stein, 1906.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 30-03-2016 22:28
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P.S. Photo 5 is female
Posted by Flippie on 30-03-2016 22:32
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Thank you Nikita! First for me.
Best Wishes
Philip
Re PS: Ah! Must have been two around when I photographed and when I thought the same specimen resettled must have been another. Thanks.