Thread subject: Diptera.info :: small fly 1

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 24-06-2006 07:32
#1

hello flyforum,

Yesterday-evening I found some of these flies..
I've got just one picture of it, so that makes it not easy.

What kind of fly is it?
Do you have an idea?

greeting, robert

Posted by Kahis on 24-06-2006 07:42
#2

Nemotelus (pantherinus) from Stratiomyidae. The elongated face is very characteristic for this genus among stratiomyidae. It is a male. Females have a mostly black abdomen and they are not always easy to tell apart.

Posted by Jan Willem on 24-06-2006 10:45
#3

Hi Robert,

Kahis is right! The fact that the underside of the abdomen is white points to Nemotelus pantherinus (Linneaus, 1758).

Jan Willem