Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Muscidae - female of Morellia simplex? --> Morellia hortorum

Posted by eklans on 11-10-2025 12:08
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We cannot see all significant characteristics like legs, prosternum, but I think it's a female M. hortorum:
- frons seems to occupy one third of the head
- sides of tergites 2 - 4 with shifting black/greyish pattern
- their hind margins not markedly dark
(based on Gregor et al (2016): Manual CE Muscidae)