Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Psilidae (?) new to St Helena

Posted by RogerKey on 14-06-2024 15:29
#1

Two specimens of this species with distinctive dark bristly front tibiae turned up by sweeping on Schinus tertebinthifolia on St Helena in the South Atlantic. Despite the island's fauna being well-recorded, it has not been seen before.

Any suggestions? Most new species get to St Helena via S Africa.

Roger Key

Edited by RogerKey on 14-06-2024 15:31

Posted by Roger Thomason on 14-06-2024 15:53
#2

Looks like a female Anaphalantus longicornis Muscidae,


https://diptera.i...d_id=38374

https://diptera.i...d_id=72626

Edited by Roger Thomason on 14-06-2024 15:56

Posted by RogerKey on 14-06-2024 18:28
#3

That's brilliant - thanks very much - I'd never have thought that it wasa muscid
Roger