Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Mating anthomyiids (?) , Sweden

Posted by morfa on 15-02-2008 11:01
#1
Location: Northern ?land, Sweden (August 2007)

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Anthomyiidae?

//John

Posted by Xespok on 15-02-2008 13:31
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I think you are right naming this an Anthomyiidae pair.

Posted by Michael Ackland on 28-03-2008 09:33
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Hylemya vagans Pz. A very good photo, and in the enlarged photo one can see the plumose arista. The partly darkened legs and small lower calypter indicate vagans. It is nice to see some setae clearly visible:D