Gallery Links
Users Online
· Guests Online: 15

· Members Online: 0

· Total Members: 5,086
· Newest Member: gorKAHH
Forum Threads
Newest Threads
· Botanophila? [male]
· Here is a Taeniapter...
· wich Diptera-Family?
· Muscidae sp.?
· Culicinae ?
Hottest Threads
· Portraits of amat... [338]
· Fly bubble blowing [172]
· Ariasella lusitan... [105]
· Pinning flies and... [94]
Theme Switcher
Switch to:
Last Seen Users
· weia00:12:21
· ViktorNebenf...00:17:11
· Volker00:23:57
· libor00:48:47
· ESant00:49:08
· Jan Maca01:07:36
· Karol Ox02:06:48
· piros03:07:36
· GAREL Jean-M...04:15:15
· huntrashmi05:09:02
Latest Photo Additions

Usia martini (male)

Dolichocephala grand...

Dolichocephala grand...

Pseudheleodromia hae...

Pseudheleodromia hae...

Pseudheleodromia hae...

Chillcottomyia ovati...

Heterodoxa cf. uapou...

Siphona setosa (male...

Sobarocephala atrifa...
View Thread
Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Print Thread
Stalk eyed fly (Diopsidae)
Flippie
#1 Print Post
Posted on 01-10-2019 21:22
Member

Location:
Posts: 284
Joined: 11.01.16

 Found today an a garden on the edge of a coastal bush 20km North of Durban, KZN, South Africa. Size around 8mm I would guess. 5 Pics:

Pic 1:
Flippie attached the following image:


[212.66Kb]
Edited by Flippie on 01-10-2019 21:23
 
Flippie
#2 Print Post
Posted on 01-10-2019 21:24
Member

Location:
Posts: 284
Joined: 11.01.16

 Pic 2:
Flippie attached the following image:


[264.29Kb]
 
Flippie
#3 Print Post
Posted on 01-10-2019 21:25
Member

Location:
Posts: 284
Joined: 11.01.16

 Pic 3:
Flippie attached the following image:


[233.2Kb]
 
Flippie
#4 Print Post
Posted on 01-10-2019 21:26
Member

Location:
Posts: 284
Joined: 11.01.16

 Pic 4:
Flippie attached the following image:


[223.4Kb]
 
Flippie
#5 Print Post
Posted on 01-10-2019 21:26
Member

Location:
Posts: 284
Joined: 11.01.16

 Pic 5:
Flippie attached the following image:


[225.2Kb]
 
John Carr
#6 Print Post
Posted on 02-10-2019 01:06
User Avatar

Super Administrator

Location: Colorado, USA
Posts: 10626
Joined: 22.10.10

 Possibly Diasemopsis meigenii (Westwood, 1837).
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31715949@N00
Flippie
#7 Print Post
Posted on 02-10-2019 04:40
Member

Location:
Posts: 284
Joined: 11.01.16

 Thank you John! I will have a look.
 
Jump to Forum:
Similar Threads
Thread Forum Replies Last Post
Diasemopsis meigenii (Diopsidae) from Oman? Diptera (adults) 3 11-11-2023 19:33
Stalk eyes fly from North east India Diptera (adults) 3 10-11-2023 18:25
Big eyed Drosophila ID? -> D. cf. suzukii Diptera (adults) 3 20-10-2023 08:30
Green-eyed Tolmerus? -> Neoitamus cyanurus, female Asilidae Forum 3 21-02-2023 10:38
Green-eyed Chironomidae Diptera (adults) 8 19-09-2022 13:47
Date and time
19 March 2026 10:32
Login
Username

Password



Not a member yet?
Click here to register.

Forgotten your password?
Request a new one here.
Temporary email?
Due to fact this site has functionality making use of your email address, any registration using a temporary email address will be rejected.

Paul
Donate
Please, help to make
Diptera.info
possible and enable
further improvements!
Latest Articles
· Voltinism in Chaoborus
· Vitaliy Nikolaevich ...
· Mating behaviour and...
· Oviposition into the...
· African Invertebrates
Syrph the Net
Those who want to have access to the Syrph the Net database need to sign the
License Agreement -
Click to Download

Public files of Syrph the Net can be downloaded HERE

Last updated: 25.08.2011
Shoutbox
You must login to post a message.

John Carr
20.02.26 13:31
Canada plans to eliminate the Diptera group at the CNC. See post in the News section of the main page.

Gnats2meetu
18.02.26 09:33
Anyone have scans of the Genus Semaranga in: 1)Kanmiya, K. (1983) A systematic study of the Japanese Chloropidae (Diptera). 2) Andersson, H. (1977 Taxonomic and Phylogenetic studies on Chloropid

DedeLab
10.02.26 19:36
Hello Moumoule !

Andre
07.01.26 15:52
Pipunculidae from Mongolia! I am looking for specialist who is committed to ID these. There will be a lot of material coming from my expeditions.

John Carr
06.12.25 21:37
He last posted here in April, identifying some Chloropidae.

Sundew
04.12.25 20:02
Dr Michael von Tschirnhaus, a leading expert on Chloropidae and Agromyzidae, died on 16 September 2025 at the age of 86. He will be greatly missed by the international community. R.I.P.

nichilme
03.12.25 12:46
Anyone has the scan of "Harkness, R. D.; Ismay, J. W. 1976: A new species of Trachysiphonella (Dipt., Chloropidae) from Greece, associated with an ant Cataglyphis bicolor (F.) (Hym., Formicidae)

John Carr
01.12.25 22:29
I will try to fix the messages this month. We have to make some other configuration changes before software goes out of support at end of year.

rafael_carbonell
29.11.25 21:57
I would prefer not to receive any more messages from diptera.info signed by Paul... (Thread reply notification)... Could they be signed by ‘The diptera.info team’?

Nikita Vikhrev
19.11.25 12:31
It is with deepest sadness in my heart that I announce that on Saturday, November 15, one of the great minds of world dipterology, prof. Rudolf Rozkošny, left us forever. Please remember him with a

Render time: 0.89 seconds | 263,936,852 unique visits