Posted by Juergen Peters on 13-06-2005 22:25
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Hello, Jan!
JeeWee wrote:
This is not a member of the family Sepsidae but a member of the family Opomyzidae, more specifically a member of the genus Geomyza (a male specimen). Most of the species of this genus don't fly very good, they ar much better at walking. They do have a bit sepsid-like behaviour.
Thank you very much! It is indeed very similar to
Sepsis, not only from the size and even the dark spots on the wings, but also from the behaviour. It was constantly rotating it's wings when running on the leaf.
If you have more pictures of this species it may be possible to tell the specific name. I am always interested in material of this family (specimens or pictures).
Sorry, I am a hobby photographer only, and that is the only picture I took. I did it only because this tiny fly was not as black as the other "Sepis" I knew (and which are very abundant).