Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Heleomyzidae? --> Tephrochlamys tarsalis or T. flavipes

Posted by Joerg Schneider on 16-02-2025 17:03
#1

18.01.2025 on our house wall in the sun, about 6mm. Rheinbach near Bonn/Germany, 210m above sea level, huge forest close by. More than Heleomyzidae sp. possible? Thank you so much, Jörg

Edited by Joerg Schneider on 20-02-2025 22:32

Posted by Joerg Schneider on 16-02-2025 17:03
#2

Different view

Edited by Joerg Schneider on 16-02-2025 17:05

Posted by Joerg Schneider on 16-02-2025 17:04
#3

Different view

Posted by Andrzej on 17-02-2025 18:35
#4

Female of Tephrochlamys , There are two species with such spots on wing venation. T. tarsalis and T. flavipes. In T. tarsalis the face is dark (not white).

Posted by Joerg Schneider on 20-02-2025 22:34
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Thank you so much, Andrzej! I keep on finding more and more flies with spikes at their wing edges.