Thread subject: Diptera.info :: small yellow black id ?

Posted by BubikolRamios on 10-10-2010 22:24
#1

body 4-5 mm, Slovenia at sea shore.

Edited by BubikolRamios on 10-10-2010 22:25

Posted by rvanderweele on 10-10-2010 22:29
#2

Chloropidae

Posted by BubikolRamios on 10-10-2010 22:41
#3

Thanks. Thaumatomyia glabra seems to fit.

Posted by rvanderweele on 10-10-2010 22:48
#4

Honestly, I can't say yes nor no. The family is big and, I think, quite complicated. There many similar looking flies.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 11-10-2010 09:58
#5

Thaumatomyia has a flattened scutellum, this one not. Perhaps a Chlorops?