Posted by ArnovanStipdonk on 30-09-2009 18:13
#1
Hello,
This little fly flew on my hand last week. It happened in the south of the Netherlands.
The fly was very small, I guess about 5 mm long. I suppose it's a Tephritidae, maybe Trypeta zoe?
Regards Arno
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 30-09-2009 19:12
#5
It is certainly NOT a tephritid.
My first impression was perhaps an
Opomyza, but something tells me it is not. Judging from its telescopic ovipositor (if it is not a hindleg), it could be a tephritoid.
Its wing pattern resemles that in some Oriental
Herina (Ulidiidae Otitinae), but I do not know such a rufous
Herina in Europe.
The next guess it is a pallopterid... but I do not know such a pallopterid in Europe either.
The last: Piophilidae Neottiophilinae - but also no such a pattern...
Perhaps an opomyzid, indeed? A
Geomyza?
Edited by Nosferatumyia on 30-09-2009 19:17
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 30-09-2009 19:16
#6
Thank you Paul. My experiece with Geomyza is too small...
Posted by Jan Willem on 30-09-2009 19:50
#7
Indeed a female of
Geomyza sp. All seems to point to
G. balachowskyi although I can't completely rule out
G. hackmani.
Posted by ArnovanStipdonk on 30-09-2009 21:41
#8
Thank you Paul, Valery and Jan Willem.