Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which family ? => Fannia sp. (female)
Posted by evdb on 04-09-2016 18:15
#1
Hi !
Center of France, larvae collected from a dead mouse on 31th august 2016 and flies born 4 days later. Size of fly 4 mm.
No idea !
Thank you for help.
Edited by evdb on 05-09-2016 08:16
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 04-09-2016 18:38
#2
The imago is a female
Fannia, but the larvae are from another family, probably Muscidae.
Posted by John Carr on 04-09-2016 18:39
#3
Fanniidae (3 post dc, vein Sc mostly straight, parafrontals wide and widest in middle).
Posted by evdb on 04-09-2016 22:24
#4
Thanks Stéphane and John.
I was surprised to see emerged flies so quickly !
I had placed a few larvae in a small closed plastic case with a piece of fresh meat and 3 days later I found half a dozen of that flies !
I just saw pictures of Fanniidae larvae, that's quite different, it's a mystery !
So Fannia sp. (female) ?
Posted by javanerkelens on 05-09-2016 14:50
#5
The empty shell of the pupae should still be present in the plastic case...!?
Johanna
Posted by evdb on 05-09-2016 16:16
#6
I am sure the case was empty but I had made a few small airholes in the cover (1,5 mm diameter). May be the Fannia entered by that way, attracted by the putrid smell of the meat ?
It's the only possibility but it's amazing !
