Thread subject: Diptera.info :: little unknown fly

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 11-04-2008 22:53
#1

hi flyforum,

Some little flies in flowers of Ficaria verna.
place: Amsterdam forest, meadow-land.
size: ~ 5mm
What kind of flies are these?

Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 11-04-2008 22:54

Posted by viktor j nilsson on 14-04-2008 11:04
#2

With that Sc - should be Fannidae

Posted by Kahis on 14-04-2008 12:03
#3

Fannia sp.

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 14-04-2008 21:05
#4

Thank you Viktor and Kahis for your comment.

''with that Sc'', you ment the vein in the base of the wing?

I draw it into the picture below:

Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 14-04-2008 21:06

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 14-04-2008 21:20
#5

No, you drawn R1. Sc (Subcosta) is the first vein encountered (after the costal vein), the blue one in the joined picture.

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 14-04-2008 21:52
#6

Thank you Stephane!

This Sc, is characteristic for Fanniidae?

Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 14-04-2008 22:01