Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Two small flies

Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-06-2005 00:02
#1

Hello!

Here are two other small (6-7 mm) flies I found today in Ostwestfalen/Germany. Sorry about the picture quality!

Could the first one be a Pachygaster? For the second one I have no idea.

insekteninfos.de/diptera/1406/Unknown_1.jpg

insekteninfos.de/diptera/1406/Unknown_2.jpg


Posted by ChrisR on 15-06-2005 12:37
#2

Second one looks like Phania sp. (Tachinidae). The species is hard to see from the photo but the commonest here in England is 'funesta'.

Edited by ChrisR on 15-06-2005 12:37

Posted by Kahis on 15-06-2005 18:46
#3

The first one is a female of Nemotelus. The characteristic elongated face is visible in the pic, as are pale triangles on the mid-line of the abdomen. The species is probably notatus or uliginosus.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-06-2005 21:50
#4

Hello, Chris and Kahis!

Thank you both for your answers!