Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Death fly from Madrid -> Muscidae
Posted by Jfdocampo on 29-09-2020 16:33
#1
Is it possible to identify this corpse?
Mountainous area. Somosierra (Madrid, Spain), 17th July, 2018.
Regards,
Edited by Jfdocampo on 29-09-2020 18:27
Posted by John Carr on 29-09-2020 18:07
#2
Muscidae
Posted by Jfdocampo on 29-09-2020 18:27
#3
I suppose it will be imposibble to go further. Thank you.
Posted by Jan Maca on 29-09-2020 20:00
#4
Anal vein is long, so possibly Anthomyiidae. Excuse me for widening, not narrowing range of possibilities.
Posted by John Carr on 29-09-2020 20:38
#5
Jan Maca wrote:
Anal vein is long, so possibly Anthomyiidae. Excuse me for widening, not narrowing range of possibilities.
The wing is folded so the vein looks longer than it is. I think I see 4 postsutural dorsocentrals, which rules out Anthomyiidae. The very few species with 4 post dc are hairier overall. The pattern on the thorax and the hairy eyes also point to Muscidae.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 29-09-2020 21:50
#6
Considering a lot of ac setae; hairy eyes and thoracic pattern the choice may be narrowed.
It is either Polietes (lardarius?) or Phaonia (trimaculata?)
Posted by Jfdocampo on 09-10-2020 08:29
#7
Thank you all of you.
Posted by Waldgeist on 09-10-2020 12:53
#8
Polietes sp. (P. lardarius or P. meridionalis)
Edited by Waldgeist on 09-10-2020 12:53
Posted by Jfdocampo on 12-10-2020 17:26
#9
Thank you Waldgeist.