Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ulidiidae? --> Palloptera umbellatarum (Pallopteridae)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-06-2008 22:23
#1
Hello!

I found this fly on a Rhododendron in our garden today (northwest Germany). It was waving with its wings like a Sepsid or Tephritid (and several other flies with marked wings), but it was bigger, about the size of a normal house fly (6-7 mm). Does it belong to family Ulidiidae?
Edited by Juergen Peters on 09-06-2008 17:08

Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-06-2008 22:23
#2
Another picture.
Edited by Juergen Peters on 08-06-2008 22:24

Posted by Jan Willem on 09-06-2008 07:09
#3
Palloptera umbellatarum.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 09-06-2008 17:07
#4
Hello, Jan Willem!

Jan Willem wrote:
Palloptera umbellatarum.


Many thanks! I have searched in several families, but that one I have missed...
Edited by Juergen Peters on 09-06-2008 17:08