Posted by Michael Becker on 29-11-2010 08:42
#1
Hello,
is despite of the very unfocused picture - I don't have a better one - a family identification possible? The 3-4mm fly is from april from western Portugal from a forest.
Thanks,
Michael
Edited by Michael Becker on 29-11-2010 09:19
Posted by Mark-uk on 29-11-2010 16:16
#4
Hi Michael
Lonchoptera sp is about the best you will get from this photo.
It has a
L. lutea "look and feel" to it, and there is a good chance statistically it is, but that is no way to identify insect. I think this may be a male? but cant quiet be sure. I can eliminate some species from this photo (
meijerei, nitidifrons, scutellata, tristis etc)
But
L. bifurcata is also a possible?
Did you net this one (or other
Lonchoptera) from Portugal?
Mark
Posted by Michael Becker on 30-11-2010 11:41
#5
Hello Mark,
thank you too for the answer. I know that the photo is very poor, and I didn't even expect to get the genus. I didn't collect flies in Portugal.
Michael