Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Dolichopodidae? (12.03.11) --> Achalcus cf. cinereus
Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-03-2011 23:16
#1
Hello!
A 3.5-4 mm fly from our house wall this afternoon (northwest Germany). I am not really sure, which family. Maybe Dolichopodidae?
Edited by Juergen Peters on 15-03-2011 01:40
Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-03-2011 23:16
#2
Pic #2
Posted by Paul Beuk on 14-03-2011 12:23
#3
Perhaps
Rhaphium
Posted by Juergen Peters on 14-03-2011 19:00
#4
Paul Beuk wrote:
Perhaps Rhaphium
Thanks, Paul! That would be a new genus for me.
Posted by Marc Pollet on 15-03-2011 01:27
#5
Dear Jürgen,
I am sorry to intervene here but this is clearly not a
Rhaphium (by the way, this genus appears only as early as early May!), but rather a
Achalcus, most possibly
Achalcus cinereus. "Possibly" because this implies that it's abdominal sternites would be dark, and its thoracic bristles reddish yellow, which is not so clear in the picture.
Cheers,
Marc
Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-03-2011 01:40
#6
Marc Pollet wrote:
I am sorry to intervene here but this is clearly not a Rhaphium (by the way, this genus appears only as early as early May!), but rather a Achalcus, most possibly Achalcus cinereus. "Possibly" because this implies that it's abdominal sternites would be dark, and its thoracic bristles reddish yellow, which is not so clear in the picture.
Many thanks, Marc!