Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Dolichopodidae
Posted by coopder on 27-10-2009 18:44
#1
Is it possible to determine what sort of fly this is? I was only able to get this one photo.
Found in London, September.
Thanks,
Daniel.
Edited by coopder on 27-10-2009 19:04
Posted by Roger Thomason on 27-10-2009 19:00
#2
Dolichopodidae...you might be lucky to go further.
Posted by coopder on 27-10-2009 19:41
#3
Thanks .
I wasn't really expecting to get any further than the family from this photo, so Dolichopodidae is good enough for me:) .
Posted by lagura on 27-10-2009 20:56
#4
Could be a Dolichopus sp.
Posted by Marc Pollet on 05-11-2009 00:24
#5
Dear,
It IS a Dolichopus female, so everybody was right. And it's most likely (but not entirely sure) that you are dealing with D. plumipes, considering the partly pale antenna, mainly yellow legs, the hind tibia featuring a black apex, and the entirely black hind metatarsus (and a number of other characters).
Cheers,
Marc
marc.pollet@inbo.be
Posted by Igor Grichanov on 06-11-2009 15:54
#6
Fore basitarsus with apical curved seta, and next segment is distinctly curved. Therefore, it is a male of either
Dolichopus festivus Haliday, 1832 (with slightly more angular 3rd segment of antenna) or
Dolichopus cilifemoratus Macquart, 1827 (with more rounded one).