Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Anthomyiidae 4

Posted by Susan R Walter on 02-12-2007 22:04
#1

Is Zaphne divisa a possibility? 5mm, female, rather shiny, arista plumose, sitting on Iris pseudacorus at the edge of a small pond in an east London inner city park, 29 September 2007.

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 28-03-2008 19:40
#2

Hi Susan, search for "Zaphne" lead me to this your post.
I'd say it isn't Zaphne, neither Anthomyiidae, - Muscida, Hebecnema(my recent problems with Hebecnema ID having material under microscop, make my shiny with species level ID in this case).
Nikita

Posted by Michael Ackland on 28-03-2008 22:30
#3

I agree with Nikita, it's not Z. divisa, the antennae are too long and the parafacials are wider in divisa. It's not an anthomyiid.

Posted by Susan R Walter on 30-03-2008 19:49
#4

OK guys, many thanks. Hebecnema didn't occur to me because I thought they would have darker wings. Shiny black is right though.