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Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 02-09-2006 23:18

hello flyforum,

This afternoon I found this fly, sitting on a mushroom.
It got plumo arista and strange coloured part of the scutum (let's say purple shoulders)
further the apical bristels looks rather strong (that could be my (low)experience)

Is this a Suillia-fly?, and what kind of suillia?

size ~ 10 mm
place: Gaasperplas (lake near Amsterdam)

Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 02-09-2006 23:39

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 02-09-2006 23:18

fly 2

Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 02-09-2006 23:19

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 02-09-2006 23:18

fly 3

Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 02-09-2006 23:19

Posted by Robert Nash on 04-09-2006 15:36

Top/bottom photos "Small to medium sized fly: yellow/dark brown/ black. Wings with small but distinctly longer, well-spaced spines mixed with the shorter spines (not visible) along the leading edge (costa); clouded".Heleomyzidae. Almost certainly Suillia sp.:p:p but nearly 50 species in this genus.

Middle photo. Same individual? Doesn't look quite right. Robert

Edited by Robert Nash on 04-09-2006 15:46

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 04-09-2006 15:46

I think so.
1+4 dc lead to Suillia.
As for species level ID you have to wait Andrzey anywait. Grace to Andrzey, I havn't real respoinsibility for my own reply, so I dare say that I think it well may be male of Suillia variegata.
Nikita

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 04-09-2006 16:49

Hi Robert en Nikita,

The second fly is the same fly as shown in first and last picture.
The light is different, its from another angle and a bit enlarged..(that makes the difference I think).
Is the mushroom typical in the behaviour of this flies? or is it accidental?
Thanks a lot!, Perhabs another specialist can confirm your idea Nikita.
That would be nice :p

robert heemskerk,

Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 04-09-2006 16:50

Posted by Robert Nash on 04-09-2006 17:01

Hi Robert So O.K.:p The larvae of the Holarctic (Palearctic+North America)Suillinae occur principally in fungi. The mushroom fly proper is Lycoriella auripila (Diptera: Sciaridae).

Cheers Robert

Edited by Robert Nash on 05-09-2006 18:11

Posted by Andrzej on 04-09-2006 17:40

Yes, Nikita is rigth !.
A classic male of Suillia variegata common in Mediterranean Basin and not rare in the Northern part of West-Europe !.

Andrzej:p