Thread subject: Diptera.info :: ? Muscidae

Posted by Tony T on 24-02-2007 21:19
#1

I appreciate that most of the expertise on this site is Palearctic but am hoping someone can get this to Family and perhaps genus, if not species.
southern New Brunswick, Canada, 21 August 1980. Small, abdomen length 3.5 mm.

Posted by Tony T on 24-02-2007 21:22
#2

side view

Posted by Susan R Walter on 24-02-2007 21:49
#3

I think it's a Tachinid - something like Gymnosoma.

Posted by Tony T on 25-02-2007 02:26
#4

Thanks Susan, was I ever way off. Always thought of Tachinids as flies with stout bristles. Seems to be just one sp. in NB, G.canadense. Possibility that it may be Gymnodytia dubia or Gymnodytia occidua as these 2 spp. occur here and were originally placed in Gymnosoma.

Posted by Susan R Walter on 27-02-2007 14:30
#5

The top image is such a clear picture of the sub-scutellum, can we get it cross-referenced to the glossary?

Posted by Tony T on 27-02-2007 18:30
#6

Can you do this? Or does Paul do it? I have no idea how to do it:(

Posted by Susan R Walter on 01-03-2007 13:51
#7

Perhaps Theo or Chris would kindly submit a definition of sub-scutellum, with a cross reference to post-scutellum (which I think is a synonym), and a link to this posting to illustrate? Would that work?