Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Heleomyzidae

Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 17-05-2008 08:54
#1

I found this fly on April 25th at Leerdam, Netherlands, in a small wooded area adjacent to the river Linge. I think it must be Heleomyzidae. Is that correct and could anything more be said about its identity?

Thank you in advance!

Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 17-05-2008 08:55
#2

photo 2:

Posted by phil withers on 17-05-2008 09:42
#3

Looks like a female Scathophaga stercoraria.

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 17-05-2008 11:56
#4

Hi Phil.
Scathophaga, but not stercoraria (yellow antennae)
Nikita

Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 17-05-2008 18:47
#5

Ah, Scathophaga, of course. I always mix the ones with yellow antennae up with Heleomyzidae. Thank you, Phil and Nikita.

Is it possible to tell which species it is from these photographs?