Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ephydridae (was Drosophilidae?)
Posted by kurt on 02-04-2011 20:11
#1
Is it possible to tell genus and perhaps species of this fly with body 2 mm.
Photo from Kramfors, Ångermanland, Sweden 62.53N 17.45 E 2 april 2011
Thanks for your help in advance
Regards
Kurt Holmqvist
Edited by kurt on 02-04-2011 20:33
Posted by kurt on 02-04-2011 20:12
#2
One more
Posted by kurt on 02-04-2011 20:13
#3
And last picture
Posted by Sara21392 on 02-04-2011 20:15
#4
Looks like Dolichopodidae to me!!?
Edited by Sara21392 on 02-04-2011 20:18
Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-04-2011 20:23
#5
Nope, Ephydridae.
Posted by kurt on 02-04-2011 20:34
#6
Thanks to Sara and Paul
Kurt Holmqvist
Posted by Cranefly on 03-04-2011 10:05
#7
If it is so - I see 3 dc setae, all ac setae short and equal - Lamproscatella. Frontal triangle not shining - Lamproscatella sp. Further we have: wings hyaline without dark spots, face golden-brown - L. sibilans or wings with dark spots on rm and mcu crossveins, face silvery-grey - L. bimaculata. L.sibilans is widely distributed in Palaearctic and Holarctic. Possibly somebody will help to make final decision.:)
Edited by Cranefly on 03-04-2011 10:07
Posted by kurt on 03-04-2011 14:24
#8
Thanks for your help Cranefly.
It seems that we should have sibilans, pilosigenes and brunnipennis here in Sweden.
Could this information help to tell species?
Kurt Holmqvist
Posted by Tony Irwin on 03-04-2011 15:31
#9
I'd rather ID this using genitalia, as I'm not familiar with
brunneipennis, but this does look like a typical British
sibilans.
L.pilosigenis is a synonym of
L.sibilans (the original description only differs in face colour - something that can change during an individual fly's lifetime).
Edited by Tony Irwin on 03-04-2011 15:32