Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Brachycera from Japan 4
Posted by Xespok on 06-03-2006 20:26
#1
Maybe a Lauxaniid fly?
Posted by Jan Willem on 06-03-2006 20:59
#2
That would also be my guess.
Jan Willem
Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-03-2006 21:11
#3
I'd rather suggest one of the Lonchaeidae.
Posted by Jan Willem on 07-03-2006 08:07
#4
Yes Paul, I have to admit, that's more likely.
Posted by Iain MacGowan on 07-03-2006 10:32
#5
Yes I agree - given the very broad thorax and the entire fly being apparently black it is most probably Lonchaeidae, with the long antennal flagellomere probably belonging to the genus
Silba or maybe even
Lonchaea Very little seems to be known about Japanese Lonchaeids so if anyone has any let me know
Posted by Xespok on 07-03-2006 10:41
#6
Maybe this lateral view helps to solve this problem
Lateral view of the same individual
Very little is known about Lonchaetidae of Japan, indeed.
Edited by Xespok on 07-03-2006 10:42
Posted by Iain MacGowan on 07-03-2006 12:16
#7
Yes definitely Lonchaeidae -with yellow basal tarsomeres looks like a Lonchaea species but with very long antennal flagellomere - not one I recognise
Posted by Xespok on 07-03-2006 15:30
#8
Thx!
This species is not likely to be the same as
the Presumed Lonchaeidae on this image.
There are only two species of Lonchaeridae listed on the main island Honshu in the Japanese insect database, Lonchaea sylvatica Beling, 1873 and Silba excisa (Kertesz, 1901).
Would the other image be a Silba sp?
Edited by Xespok on 07-03-2006 15:32
Posted by Paul Beuk on 07-03-2006 15:43
#9
hmm, do I see a calypter on that image?
Posted by Xespok on 07-03-2006 17:02
#10
Lonchaeidae is your ID Paul :-)
Edited by Xespok on 07-03-2006 17:02
Posted by Paul Beuk on 07-03-2006 19:47
#11
I feared as much... :(