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Muscids vs. Anthomyids

Hi Cheryl, not sure I am going to help with your ID's, but some things to keep in mind when trying to seperate the Muscid flies from the root maggot flies. With the wings, Anthomyids usually have the A1 vein traceable to the margin and will rarely have hairs or setulae on the upper and lower surfaces of the main veins, where this is not the case with the muscids. Also, tarsomere 1 of the hindleg has a prominent subbasal ventral bristle in the Anthomyids that is not there in the muscids. Not sure it helps with any of your shots, but hope it helps in the future.

… cgibbs, 3 February, 2007 - 4:40pm

It is very difficult to say,

It is very difficult to say, but a (wilde) guess would be Coenosia...

… Martin Hauser, 27 December, 2006 - 1:50pm

If I'm wrong...

Please move. I've been trying to identify these guys for several months, now:

Some look like female and some males (different head shape, eye shape, etc.)...
I'm not looking for species identification, family or genus would be cool, though. If I need to take specimens next year, I can do that as well.

… Cheryl Moorehead, 28 December, 2006 - 10:14am

How about Phaonia?

I had some better images of this species ID'd as Phaonia species (see http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=4860#post_22275 on Diptera.info...
Perhaps a new guide page is warranted?

… Cheryl Moorehead, 22 February, 2007 - 7:47am

I do have a greenish fly...

I've been trying to identify a greenish fly that looks like some in Anthomyiidae. It could be a relative or if they get skinny during the winter...I don't know that much about flies, though.

… Cheryl Moorehead, 27 December, 2006 - 3:59pm