Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Our town park: family unknown (1)

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 03-06-2006 21:42
#1

Collected on June 01, 2006, size 3-4mm.

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 03-06-2006 21:45
#2

Ughh, strange stuff with this post (and with some of the previous), just couldn't attach the picture regardless of file size/file quality/thread subject changes...

Here's the head.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 03-06-2006 22:33
#3

Ephydridae?

Posted by Kahis on 04-06-2006 13:13
#4

Muscidae (!). This is Schoenomyza litorella, one of the smallest muscids in Europe. The head pattern of the male is very characteristic, females are less boldly coloured with a grey rather than orange face. It is very common along various shore lines, on sand and on muddy stores with vegetation.

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 04-06-2006 21:05
#5

Thanks a lot for your very informative comment Kahis.
It was really thick vegetation near the Nara river's branch, a place with rich turf-like soil recently flooded by water.

Did I get it right when I excluded Ephydridae seeing (at least in my opinion) dorsal preapical setae on tibia?

Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 04-06-2006 22:00

Posted by Paul Beuk on 05-06-2006 19:31
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Muscidae (!). This is Schoenomyza litorella

That came to my mind later when I was in bed, but I have not been online since. The honour is all yours. ;)