Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sphaeroceridae on fresh human faeces (2)

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 08-05-2006 14:53
#1
Pretty big, around 5mm.
May 08, 2006, Bekasovo-1 Station, Naro-Fominsk district, Moscow region, Russia.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 08-05-2006 15:02
#2
With too many detail not visible it is almost impossible to be certain but my guess is a species of Crumomyia, possibley C. nitida.

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 08-05-2006 15:12
#3
I see Paul. Maybe this another picture which is less satisfactory would reveal more details somehow?

Posted by Paul Beuk on 08-05-2006 15:20
#4
Hmm, not really.

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 26-07-2006 09:46
#5
Paul, your ID (Crumomyia nitida (Meigen, 1830), female) was confirmed by Dr. Rohacek. He also writes, "Another common woodland
species, living on wet places on rotten leaves and other woodland debris. One of the largest species of European Sphaeroceridae. Yet larger male can be easily identified according to robust hook on the base of hind femur. I identified it according to pruinosity of mesopleuron which is visible in your image".
Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 26-07-2006 09:46