Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Muscidae?
Posted by Juergen Peters on 24-06-2005 21:26
#1
Hello!
These unobtrusive flies with the size of a house fly are very common on flowers here in Germany from early summer to autumn, but I have never managed to find out, what they are (I think, they are not
Mydaea scutellaris (?)), not even the familiy (Muscidae, Antomyidae?). Can anybody help me? Thanks in advance!
Posted by Kahis on 25-06-2005 12:20
#2
The male looks a lot like
Phaonia angelicae (Muscidae). The unfortunate female is probably also a Phaonia, possibly
P. pallida (
P. angelicae female is similar but the thorax is browner). Both species are common (in southern Finland) on umbrellifers and other flowers.
Jere, aka Kahis
Edited by Kahis on 25-06-2005 12:22
Posted by Juergen Peters on 25-06-2005 17:27
#3
Hello, Kahis!
Kahis wrote:
The male looks a lot like Phaonia angelicae (Muscidae). The unfortunate female is probably also a Phaonia, possibly P. pallida (P. angelicae female is similar but the thorax is browner). Both species are common (in southern Finland) on umbrellifers and other flowers.
Thank you very much! I did not recognize these as different species until now, but on a closer look I must say you are right.