Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Nice black fly

Posted by omattelart on 23-04-2011 07:55
#1

This is the first time I meet this nice specimen.
I have seen it in the wood of Lauzelle, Belgium, yesterday.
No idea about its family... :|

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 23-04-2011 08:59
#2

Hi,
this is a female Hydrotaea diabolus, Muscidae. The male is more peculiar by having very long upcurved bristles at apex on mid femora.

Posted by omattelart on 24-04-2011 08:27
#3

Thanks a lot! :)