Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Delia sp.? Or something in another family?-->Orchisia costata

Posted by guplox on 11-02-2022 07:36
#1

Looks like Delia but the wing is darkened along the costal margin like some members in Pallopteridae family. Picture taken in July in east China (Zhejiang province). Many thanks in advance.

Edited by guplox on 12-02-2022 13:44

Posted by John Carr on 11-02-2022 14:26
#2

I think it is a Muscidae: anal vein appears incomplete; the frons looks more like Muscidae than Anthomyiidae; the nearly bare space between dorsocentrals, without strong acrostichal setulae, is more typical of Muscidae.

Posted by guplox on 11-02-2022 15:38
#3

Thank you for the detailed explanation and thank you for sending me on the right track. Yes, it is a Muscidae and probably Orchisia costata.