Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Rhinophoridae? --> very likely fem. Stevenia atramentaria (now Calliphoridae)
Posted by ukursawe on 30-07-2023 14:25
#1
Hi,
this fly took a rest on a leaf close to our garden hedge. My guess would be that it might belong to the Rhinophoridae family. Is that correct?
Leaf near a garden hedge in Germany, Southern Bavaria, Munich (-West), 30.07.2023, app. 6-8 mm
Greetings, Uli
Edited by ukursawe on 30-07-2023 16:52
Posted by eklans on 30-07-2023 15:53
#2
Hi Uli, from what I see, it's rather likely a female
Stevenia atramentaria, now Calliphoridae - Rhinophorinae.
Posted by ukursawe on 30-07-2023 16:50
#3
Hi Eric,
thank you very much for the identification. I was not aware of the taxonomic change (though it seems like that was already valid in the 1960ies), but
Stevenia would have been my favourite too.
Thanks and greetings, Uli
Posted by Jan Willem on 31-07-2023 12:04
#4
Hello Eric,
This "new" classification seems not to be widely accepted yet. On Fauna Europaea for example Rhinophoridae is still shown as a separate family. And
Pollenia is still mentioned as genus within the Calliphoridae. Not sure what classification should be followed at the moment.
Posted by eklans on 31-07-2023 12:41
#5
Hello Jan Willem and thank you for your thoughts about this "new" classification.
I'm afraid Fauna Europaea is not up-to-date in these cases, based on this articles:
1. Rhinophorinae
"Monophyletic blowflies revealed by phylogenomics" by Liping Yan et al incl. Thomas Pape (taxonomic specialist and group coordinator FE) from 2021
2. Polleniidae:
"Reclustering the cluster flies (Diptera: Oestroidea, Polleniidae)"
by Cerretti et al from 2019