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 Plumose Arista and open R5 Cell
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| Stephen |
Posted on 23-07-2006 12:47
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
This fly seems to me to be Muscidae: striped thorax, plumose arista. But is the R5 cell too open for Musciade? Most Muscids have the R5 cell closed or nearly closed at the wing margin, don't they? Photographed 8 April 2006, open area near woodlands, West Virginia USA. Measured 8 mm from front of face to tip of abdomen. ID help appreciated! Stephen attached the following image:  [35.13Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 23-07-2006 12:49
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Here's a second image.
Stephen attached the following image:  [83.53Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 23-07-2006 13:35
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Hi Stephen, Have a look at the gallery and compare examples of muscids, sarcophagids and tachinids. I think you'll find that an open cell-R5 is far more common in Muscidae but it is not a defining feature of the group  The appearance of cell-R5 is more often a characteristic used at generic or specific level. |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 23-07-2006 15:49
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7273 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Looks very like Myospila meditabunda - found everwhere except Africa and Australasia... and Antarctica 
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 23-07-2006 19:33
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Chris, Tony, Thanks very much for helping me on this fly. I found an image of Myospila meditabunda on the "Insects of Cedar Creek" site and it does indeed look a lot like my fly! --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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