Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sphaeroceridae, ? from Romania

Posted by cosmln on 11-01-2008 01:02
#1

HI,

photographed this fly in 8 January.
more than 10 exemplary seen in very small flies over the snow, more like some kind of leaps. size around 4-5 mm.
one exemplary collected if something more special needed to be seen.
it is Lotophila atra from Sphaeroceridae?

thanks in advance for your help,
cosmln

[EDIT]: title changed

Edited by cosmln on 11-01-2008 02:09

Posted by cosmln on 11-01-2008 01:04
#2

last photo

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 11-01-2008 01:57
#3

Sphaeroceridae yes... BUT not Lotophila atra. For example, the scutum is very bristly. All legs very dark. Not the case for L. atra where in basal tibia has a yellowish hue (less than basal half). Also this seems to have more tomentum on scutum than the L. atra.
Tony Irwin or Paul will help here. ;)

Posted by cosmln on 11-01-2008 02:07
#4

jorgemotalmeida wrote:
Sphaeroceridae yes... BUT not Lotophila atra. For example, the scutum is very bristly. All legs very dark. Not the case for L. atra where in basal tibia has a yellowish hue (less than basal half). Also this seems to have more tomentum on scutum than the L. atra.
Tony Irwin or Paul will help here. ;)


Thanks Jorge,
i will update thread title.
cosmln

Posted by Paul Beuk on 11-01-2008 08:20
#5

Crumomyia sp.

Posted by cosmln on 11-01-2008 10:25
#6

Paul Beuk wrote:
Crumomyia sp.


thanks Paul,

this particular exemplar is collected.
when mount this one is possible to tell more. need some specific part to be photographed to help identification?

cosmln