Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Platypezidae sp.
Posted by Ben Hamers on 20-10-2006 08:29
#1
Hello,
I saw this 4-5 mm fly in September at the end of a day. He was "grazing" on a leaf near a brook in Southern Limburg.
Ben
Edit : Title changed from Hybotidae into Platypezidae
Edited by Ben Hamers on 21-05-2012 21:25
Posted by Paul Beuk on 20-10-2006 08:51
#2
This is a platypezid fly. I am not really up-to-date with these anymore, but maybe
Protoclythia rufa?
Edited by Paul Beuk on 20-10-2006 19:57
Posted by Ben Hamers on 20-10-2006 19:30
#3
Thanks Paul,
So the result of searching one hour for the identity of this animal is that I even haven't got the family right. Maybe I should make a change and start photographing cows. They are a lot easier.
Ben
Posted by Robert Nash on 23-10-2006 18:12
#4
Ah But once you know you stay knowing. No bull... Look at the very swollen hind metatarsal, the curl of the abdomen (like Conopidae) and the curious smoky iridescent colours (silver/red/brown) of the abdomen. Description and figures at
http://delta-intk...atypez.htm
Robert
Posted by Ben Hamers on 24-10-2006 20:13
#5
Thanks for the link Robert,
Apart from the appearance I should have recognised the fly by his behaviour, as it was walking around on the leaf very fast.
Ben