Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Syrphidae or muscidae ?

Posted by Alvesgaspar on 24-10-2007 18:07
#1
I'm putting this thread in the Syrphidae section but I'm really not sure it is one. The abdomen and wings are like the hoverflies', by the thorax I would say it is a muscidae. Please help.

Joaquim Gaspar
Edited by Alvesgaspar on 24-10-2007 18:08

Posted by Rui Andrade on 24-10-2007 18:25
#2
Calliphoridae (or Rhiniidae). Maybe Stomorhina lunata.
Edited by Rui Andrade on 24-10-2007 18:28

Posted by Alvesgaspar on 24-10-2007 20:01
#3
Thanks, Rui, I think your guess of Stomorhina lunata is right. I didn't recognize it because I usually see the wings parallel to the body. Any other opinions?

Joaquim Gaspar

Posted by Zeegers on 26-10-2007 08:17
#4
No other options.
Any time you think: IS it Muscidae/Calliphoridae or Syrphidae, I bet you have Stomorhina lunata (as long as you don't leave Europe)


Theo

Posted by Alvesgaspar on 26-10-2007 08:53
#5
Thank you, Theo. It appears then then I'm not alone with this kind of confusion Wink

Posted by Kahis on 26-10-2007 10:32
#6
Alvesgaspar wrote:
Thank you, Theo. It appears then then I'm not alone with this kind of confusion Wink


You're definitely not alone in this case. I guess everyone does the same when they find Stomorhina for the first time. I certainly did Smile

Posted by Zeegers on 26-10-2007 10:57
#7
Quod erat demonstrandum: I rest my case


Theo

Posted by guenille on 26-10-2007 13:48
#8
This is an ID Stomorhina lunata male so I think Joaquim's flies is the same that this one Wink
Edited by guenille on 26-10-2007 13:50