Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Dasiops latifrons (Lonchaeidae)
Posted by eguzki on 30-04-2008 16:36
#1
Location: Hungary
Habitat: garden
Size: ~5-6mm
Date: 2008-04-29.
It is a small fly sun-bathed on a flower (Iris sp).
Edited by eguzki on 02-05-2008 18:05
Posted by eguzki on 01-05-2008 09:31
#2
I hope someone could help me....:|
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 01-05-2008 09:50
#3
I would say Lonchaeidae.
Posted by Kahis on 01-05-2008 09:51
#4
Aye, Lonchaeidae, perhaps
Dasyops?
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 01-05-2008 09:59
#5
a good chance to be that one. Iain MacGowan will confirm. :D
Posted by Iain MacGowan on 02-05-2008 09:25
#6
Given the size (quite big for a Lonchaeid) small antennae, partly yellow tarsomeres and very braod frons I would suggest it is a female
Dasiops latifronsMeigen - a common European species..... Iain
Posted by eguzki on 02-05-2008 17:43
#7
Jorge, Kahis, Ian
Thank you very much. It could be smaller than 5-6mm because I guess my estimate might had been too optimist.