Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Parydra spec.
Posted by jonas on 17-02-2011 18:03
#1
Hi
I have caught a Parydra species; I hope it is possible to ID this from picture?
I also have a similar one, but a lot larger, and without wing markings.
What to look for, for identification?
Thank you
jonas
Posted by jonas on 17-02-2011 18:42
#2
Sorry - 2 species in one post...
This is the bigger one (4,7 mm)
Its a male (big genitalia!)
Both caught in belgium, in reedland.
With 5 dc, I assume Paracoenia.. Or also Parydra? I don't know much about Ephydridae...
Posted by Tony Irwin on 17-02-2011 22:38
#3
The
Parydra looks like
coarctata as far as I can see. The other specimen looks like
Ephydra
Edited by Tony Irwin on 17-02-2011 22:38
Posted by Cranefly on 22-02-2011 06:57
#4
The first fly with darkened fork on wing and completely darkened mcu - why coarctata not quadripunctata?:|
Posted by Tony Irwin on 22-02-2011 22:41
#5
Looking at the pictures again - I stand corrected -
quadripunctata is much more likely. I have seen
coarctata with quite darkened cross-vein and appendix, but not as much as in this specimen. My thanks to Cranefly for her correction! ;)