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Nematocera with hairy wings
Sundew	#1 Posted on 07-10-2016 01:09
Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3913 Joined: 28.07.07	Hi, This is a rather small fly from Thuringia (not far from Zella-Mehlis), seen on a house wall some days ago. I think of Limoniidae, e.g. Erioptera, but am rather uncertain... Help is greatly appreciated! Many thanks, Sundew Sundew attached the following image: [185.05Kb]


Sundew	#2 Posted on 07-10-2016 01:09
Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3913 Joined: 28.07.07	Some more pics. Sundew attached the following image: [159.7Kb]


John Carr	#3 Posted on 07-10-2016 02:36
Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10169 Joined: 22.10.10	Limoniidae. The hairs appear to be restricted to veins. My common species of Erioptera has similar hairs, but I don't know if your fly is an Erioptera.


Sundew	#4 Posted on 07-10-2016 12:16
Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3913 Joined: 28.07.07	Searching the forum, I found that there are several Limoniid genera with hairy wings. How tricky! The wing of Erioptera shows several crossveins that I cannot see here. Perhaps Pjotr Oosterbroek could help...


evi	#5 Posted on 07-10-2016 14:26
Member Location: Espoo Finland Posts: 233 Joined: 20.03.11	Hi Sundew The wing venation is like Molophilus sp. But I hink that species level identification needs microscope. BR Esko Edited by evi on 07-10-2016 14:27


Sundew	#6 Posted on 07-10-2016 15:46
Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3913 Joined: 28.07.07	Dear Esko, this is a very valuable information! The other characters that Johanna mentioned in http://www.dipter...d_id=10930 speak for Molophilus, too. As there are 35 species in Germany and only a few can be excluded because of colour, "Molophilus spec." is the closest ID that we can achieve. Thank you!