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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Tachininae » Polideini » Mauromyia
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Mystery fly - Mauromyia
Copyright © 2015 Chris Hartley

Mystery fly - Mauromyia
Chesterfield, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
August 26, 2015
Tachinidae or Sarcophagidae? I see well developed hypopleural and pteropleural bristles, so I'm leaning to Tachinidae. It's abdomen was crushed during capture. ID help is much appreciated, and I'll frass it unless it has some value to the guide I'm not seeing. Thanks!

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Contributed by Chris Hartley on 27 August, 2015 - 4:51pm
Last updated 30 December, 2015 - 7:22pm

Moved
Moved from Polideini.
… John F. Carr, 30 December, 2015 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tachinidae.

I'm thinking Mauromyia.
… John F. Carr, 28 November, 2015 - 9:55am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
So, I am getting more and more intrigued by this fly. Do you know of a key I could get my hands on that might allow me to key it out? Thanks for all your time spent identifying it!
… Chris Hartley, 30 November, 2015 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Literature
This group (if I am correct) was reviewed in Revision of the Polideini (Tachinidae) of America North of Mexico. I do not have that paper.
… John F. Carr, 30 November, 2015 - 6:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Still don't have it?
Still don't have it?
… Arturo Santos, 4 February, 2020 - 6:56pm login or register to post comments

 
I have it now
I have it now.
… John F. Carr, 5 February, 2020 - 5:49am login or register to post comments

 
Mauromyia
I think you got the genus right. I acquired this paper and it keys to Mauromyia. Then in the genus description, the author states, "Mauromyia is distinguished from all other Polideini in America north of Mexico except Euscopolia by having both a haired parafacial and wing vein M meeting R4+5 far from the wing margin."

I added an additional close up to show the haired parafacial, and this is clearly not Euscopolia, which is entirely shiny black.

Now, it might be M. pulla, but I am less sure of that. It keys to that species pretty easily in the species key, but the author states that M. pulla is possibly a species complex needing further study when additional specimens are available.
… Chris Hartley, 11 December, 2015 - 10:50am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 22 November, 2015 - 8:00am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 27 August, 2015 - 7:52pm login or register to post comments

Interesting fly
It has some unusual characters that might allow it to be identified.
… John F. Carr, 27 August, 2015 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting
I don't mind parting with the specimen if having it in hand would help with the ID. Thanks!
… Chris Hartley, 29 August, 2015 - 1:18pm login or register to post comments

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