Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ophyra
Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 14-10-2006 12:03
#1
I mistook this initially for a hoverfly, because its hovering. Silly me! Can anyone confirm my second guess, Ophyra spec.?
Edited by Cor Zonneveld on 14-10-2006 12:05
Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 14-10-2006 12:07
#2
and is it the same as this one?
Posted by Tony Irwin on 14-10-2006 17:31
#3
In my experience, most hovering calypterates are
Fannia, but this one looks to have a metallic colouration, so
Ophyra may be more likely.
The second fly is Lonchaeidae. (It has no suture across the thorax, so is an acalypterate.)
Edited by Tony Irwin on 14-10-2006 17:32
Posted by Zeegers on 15-10-2006 10:17
#4
Ophyra can also hover persistently, in my experience.
Keep on a lookout, though, for the Syrphid Psilota (very rare !)
is quite intermediate between the Ophyra and Lonchaeidae shown here.
Theo Zeegers