Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Diptera (True flies) ➔ Family Ulidiidae (Picture-winged flies)

Myennis octopunctata (Coquebert, 1798)

Synonyms and other combinations:

Musca octopunctata Coquebert, 1798 | Scatophaga fasciata Fabricius, 1805 |

  • Myennis octopunctata, male  10605
    Myennis octopunctata (Coquebert, 1798)     
    Myennis octopunctata, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2022-06-25 14:27:18
    Image number: 10605
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2022-06-25 14:27:18

  • Myennis octopunctata, male  10606
    Myennis octopunctata (Coquebert, 1798)     
    Myennis octopunctata, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2022-06-25 14:27:37
    Image number: 10606
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2022-06-25 14:27:37

  • Myennis octopunctata, male  10607
    Myennis octopunctata (Coquebert, 1798)     
    Myennis octopunctata, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2022-06-25 14:30:25
    Image number: 10607
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2022-06-25 14:30:25

  • Myennis octopunctata, male  10608
    Myennis octopunctata (Coquebert, 1798)     
    Myennis octopunctata, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2022-06-25 14:27:44
    Image number: 10608
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2022-06-25 14:27:44

  • Myennis octopunctata, male  10609
    Myennis octopunctata (Coquebert, 1798)     
    Myennis octopunctata, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2022-06-25 14:27:53
    Image number: 10609
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2022-06-25 14:27:53

  • Myennis octopunctata, male  10610
    Myennis octopunctata (Coquebert, 1798)     
    Myennis octopunctata, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2022-06-25 14:28:25
    Image number: 10610
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2022-06-25 14:28:25

  • Myennis octopunctata, male  10611
    Myennis octopunctata (Coquebert, 1798)     
    Myennis octopunctata, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2022-06-25 14:29:54
    Image number: 10611
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2022-06-25 14:29:54

  • Myennis octopunctata, female  11094
    Myennis octopunctata (Coquebert, 1798)     
    Myennis octopunctata, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2023-08-11 11:24:20
    Image number: 11094
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2023-08-11 11:24:20


Classification:
Myennis octopunctata belongs to the subfamily Otitinae, tribe Myennidini.
Distribution:
Europe (UK, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Greece, Romania, Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia), Iran

References, further reading, links:
  1. de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2013) Fauna Europaea version 2.6.2 Web Service available online at https://fauna-eu.org/
  2. Mohamadzade Namin, Saeed & Nowzari, Jamasb & Najarpoor, A. (2012). New Data on the Subfamily Otitinae (Diptera, Ulidiidae) in the Fauna of Iran. Vestnik Zoologii. 59577. 16-21. 10.2478/v10058-012-0019-8.
  3. Steven Falk: Ulidiidae (wing-waving flies)