Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Palloptera
Posted by Louis Boumans on 01-06-2005 22:23
#1
I found this specimen dead and fairly damaged in my house. It is reminiscent of
Palloptera. Or maybe Lauxaniidae?
I checked
P. trimacula on the internet (
http://www.funet....cula-1.jpg) but the fly on that picture has a somewhat different wing pattern.
Can some of you identify if by the wing pattern alone?
Louis
Posted by Louis Boumans on 01-06-2005 22:41
#2
I'm sorry, somehow my picture won't attach.. The size is small enough though (32 Kb).
Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-06-2005 08:27
#3
Check if there is a space in the name (may prevent upload) and that the extension is not in capitals. Otherwise, send it to me by email and I will attach it.
Posted by Louis Boumans on 02-06-2005 22:38
#4
indeed, i had both spaces in the file name and capitals in the extension . so i try to upload again.
The fly is approx. 9 mm long.
Edited by Louis Boumans on 02-06-2005 22:45
Posted by Jan Willem on 17-06-2005 19:38
#5
In the meantime I have studied the specimen concerned. When I saw it, it was immediately clear to me that it is not a pallopterid, but a specimen of the family Piophilidae, subfamily Neottiophilinae. It is a female of
Neottiophilum praeustum (Meigen, 1826); an ectoparasite in birds' nests.
Although it has been recorded first from The Netherlands only in 1973 (Oosterbroek), it has since been collected at several localities in The Netherlands. Although I have no good overview of the data of this species, I think it is not uncommon in The Netherlands.
Jan Willem
Posted by Louis Boumans on 21-06-2005 00:23
#6
Thanks, Jan Willem!
I never before came across a member of this family! Louis