Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Rhinophoridae? --> very likely fem. Stevenia atramentaria (now Calliphoridae)
#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
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.
#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
#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