Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Three Muscids or Anthomyiids

Posted by Juergen Peters on 04-05-2006 18:41
#1

Hello!

Three flies from tree trunks and leaves, found yesterday in Ostwestfalen/Germany. Is it possible to go closer than family level? Thanks!

The first one (about 10 mm) perhaps a Helina sp.?

www.foto-upload.de/diptera/060502/Helina_sp_10mm.jpg

The second one was only 8 mm and more slender:

www.foto-upload.de/diptera/060502/Muscidae_spp_8mm.jpg

Last but not least a 9 mm beastie with a red abdomen on Salix:

www.foto-upload.de/diptera/060502/Muscidae_spp_9mm.jpg

Posted by Susan R Walter on 05-05-2006 13:42
#2

Jurgen

I think the top and bottom ones might be Phaonia spp but I can't be at all sure.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 06-05-2006 01:34
#3

Hello, Susan!

Susan R Walter wrote:
I think the top and bottom ones might be Phaonia spp but I can't be at all sure.


Thanks! I already thought the red one could be Phaonia rufiventris, but it appeared rather small and perhaps too red (not orange).