Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Phoridae NL->cf. Megaselia
Posted by nielsyese on 17-05-2024 22:01
#1
I saw a beautiful Phoridae today in Biezenmortel, the Netherlands. It had very long bristles on the costa. Any ideas?
Edited by nielsyese on 20-05-2024 11:01
Posted by nielsyese on 17-05-2024 22:01
#2
Side view of the specimen.
Posted by nielsyese on 17-05-2024 22:02
#3
The very long bristles along the costa
Posted by eklans on 18-05-2024 09:56
#4
Hello Niels-Jan, I don't know much about Phoridae but found drawings of wings in Disney (1989): Scuttle flies, Genus Megaselia. The wing of
M. hortensis looks very similar to those of your fly.
Posted by nielsyese on 20-05-2024 11:01
#5
Thanks Eric. I see now there are more species in Megaselia with these kind of bristles so for now, I will keep it as cf.
Megaselia spec.
Posted by nielsyese on 22-05-2024 20:56
#7
I checked the key to the Phoridae genera in Disney (1983), Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. I am unfamiliar with Phoridae, but I think I arrive at Megaselia.
I do not see an anterodorsal row of bristle-like hairs.
Posted by nielsyese on 22-05-2024 20:57
#8
The tergites seems to be normal, although a bit damaged?
Posted by nielsyese on 22-05-2024 20:58
#9
The palp bristles more strongly developed
Posted by nielsyese on 22-05-2024 20:59
#10
The abdominal tip in lateral view is like this and I do not see much resemblance in Phalacrotophora.
Do you agree with Megaselia?
Edited by nielsyese on 22-05-2024 20:59