Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Nematocera from Japan C

Posted by Xespok on 17-01-2006 12:53
#1

I am quite confident that this fly belongs to a family that I had never seen before. Keroplatidae or something related?
www.diptera.info/forim/5-1146-1.jpg

Posted by xylo on 17-01-2006 14:46
#2

Dear Xespok,

unfortunately the wing veins are not clearly visible... However, the long antenna, habitus and the wings point imho to the genus Macrocera (Keroplatidae)
so you are right...
awaiting confirmation...

so long,
xylo

Posted by Paul Beuk on 17-01-2006 15:21
#3

I do not know if there is anything closey related to Macrocera, or to what extent that genus is variable, but it is Macroceridae. The head is much broader than in the Macrocera species I know.

Posted by Xespok on 23-01-2006 18:22
#4

Thx Paul and xylo.