Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sphaeroceridae - Leptocera nigra

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 20-04-2014 15:59
#1

farm8.staticflickr.com/7354/13926550762_177a1c0d44_k.jpg

1,5 mm size. On a wall.
Coproica??

from Valega - Portugal today!

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 23-04-2014 00:03

Posted by John Carr on 20-04-2014 22:17
#2

Leptocera?

Scutellum is bare dorsally with six marginal bristles.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 21-04-2014 00:40
#3

Thanks. Maybe someone can shed light in this one.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 22-04-2014 08:32
#4

It is likely to be Leptocera.. I would like confirmation. Thanks in advance.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 22-04-2014 08:58
#5

Confirmed

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 23-04-2014 00:02
#6

Thanks, Paul.

Jindřich Roháček told this is a Leptocera nigra Olivier, 1813, probably the commonest sphaerocerid in the Mediterranean area