Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unknown Brachycera, 4 mm

Posted by Juergen Peters on 18-05-2008 00:55
#1
Hello!

Sorry for these bad pictures, they are the only I have of this small fly from May-07 (at a hedge, northwest Germany). It nearly had the look of a small Phasia, but the wing venation does not match for Tachinidae.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 18-05-2008 00:56
#2
Another picture.

Posted by Zeegers on 18-05-2008 10:05
#3
and the abdomen is much too elongated for Phasia.

Seems to me either Anthomyiidae or some Lonchaeidae ?


Theo

Posted by Kahis on 18-05-2008 10:20
#4
I'd say Fannia (Fanniidae)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 18-05-2008 19:31
#5
Hello, Theo and Kahis!

Thanks for your replies! These were the families (and Muscidae), which came in my mind, too. But neither seemed 100% convincing to me (especially because of the very big Phasia-like eyes).