Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Milichiidae ?
Posted by Mark-uk on 16-04-2010 21:38
#1
Is this Milichiidae? and if so which?
found UK, today, on spider
length 2.2mm
Edited by Mark-uk on 20-04-2010 21:19
Posted by Mark-uk on 16-04-2010 21:42
#2
head view
Posted by Mark-uk on 20-04-2010 21:20
#3
any ideas?
Posted by Paul Beuk on 20-04-2010 21:28
#4
Phyllomyza, I think. Ask Irina Brake...
Posted by Kahis on 20-04-2010 21:30
#5
Yea, it should be a
Phyllomyza. Havent seen a species with spotted palpi in Finland.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 20-04-2010 21:38
#6
Might not be completely matured...
Posted by empeejay on 21-04-2010 22:28
#7
It does look very like the picture of Desmometopa varipalpis on 'Milichiidae Online'.
Posted by ibrake on 30-04-2010 16:13
#8
Yes, this is Desmometopa varipalpis, could be the first record for the UK. I think the species has been distributed around Europe in the last years through commerce, because it develops in rotten fruits and vegetables.
Irina