Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Images from Japan I
Posted by Xespok on 29-11-2005 01:53
#1
I made this photos back in April.
Posted by Xespok on 29-11-2005 01:55
#2
This second fly might be a different species, but structurally it is very similar to the previous one. This was superabundant on the shingle banks of the sea. I guess the larva of this species lives between the stones in the tidal zone.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 29-11-2005 10:24
#3
LoL, when I saw it I thought about Tethinidae and then started to look if it was a fly from the shore. And, indeed, it was. So, I think Tethinidae, but I am open to other suggestions.
Posted by Xespok on 03-12-2005 12:41
#4
The first image is from inland, so it probably belongs to a different family, though superficially similar to the second fly. Could that be a Muscidae fly?
Posted by Paul Beuk on 03-12-2005 23:32
#5
Is
Schoenomyza litorella Japanese?
Posted by Xespok on 05-12-2005 10:47
#6
There are only 36 species of Coenosiinae in Japan. Suspiciously low in my opinion. I do not know whether the fauna is not described in detail, or wheteher records are missing from the database, or there are only a handful of species in this group.
Genera are: Limnophora, Lispe, Caricea, Orchisia, Pygophora, Coenosia
But the genus mentioned by you is not mentioned, so I assume this species does not occur.
Xespok
Edited by Xespok on 05-12-2005 10:49