Thread subject: Diptera.info :: dungfly - copula
Posted by Maik Mergemeier on 30-04-2007 20:22
#1
this copula i photograph 2 1/2 years ago in late autumn, again near d?sseldorf/germany. in my website these flys are specified as 'Scatophaga stercoraria'. Again my website-partner does not agree with this identification and wants to check it up, me too.
i am sure we will find help! :)
best regards,
maik
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 30-04-2007 20:33
#2
This is Scathophaga, but not S.stercoraria - antennae yellow.
May be Scathophaga lutaria, may be not...
Nikita
Posted by Susan R Walter on 01-05-2007 13:07
#3
I don't think it's
lutaria either, but I don't have time to check my references just now to see if I can work out what it is.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 01-05-2007 14:17
#4
My key leads me to
inquinata.
Posted by Andrey Ozerov on 02-05-2007 10:03
#5
It is Scathophaga lutaria (Fabricius)
Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-05-2007 10:13
#6
Then probably the note I made in my key that characters were reversed (made it ages ago, so cannot exactly recall why) is correct. :D
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 02-05-2007 12:11
#7
As far as I understand S.lutaria and S.inquinata distinguish from photo mostly by jizz and comparing with collected material...
Posted by Susan R Walter on 02-05-2007 13:25
#8
It was the lack of the dark strip on the top of the front femur that made me think not
lutaria.
Inquinata was my next thought, but I know they are really similar and require head stratching.