Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Scatella paluduum and tenuicosta, Ephydridae, June 2008, Hungary

Posted by Xespok on 11-02-2009 17:16
#1

A distinctive species.

Edited by Xespok on 11-02-2009 21:22

Posted by Xespok on 11-02-2009 17:16
#2

Another shot.

Posted by Xespok on 11-02-2009 17:17
#3

A third shot.

Posted by Xespok on 11-02-2009 17:18
#4

Another individual.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 11-02-2009 20:43
#5

1 and 3 Scatella paludum male; 2 paludum female; 4 Scatella tenuicosta female

Posted by Xespok on 11-02-2009 21:21
#6

With hindsight it is obvious that they are different. Not only the general color is different, but the shape of the terminal white spot as well. These flies (many of them) were jumping around some temporary puddles in NE montainous region of Hungary.