Posted by Michael Becker on 04-02-2012 06:14
#1
Hello,
this 6-7mm fly is from last april from a coast land in southeast Sicily. I even don't know the family. What is it?
Thanks,
Michael
Edited by Michael Becker on 05-02-2012 05:25
Posted by jonas on 04-02-2012 09:57
#2
Thats a Lipara, Chloropidae
Posted by Michael Becker on 05-02-2012 05:24
#3
Thank you for the answer. According to the Fauna Europaea there is only Lipara lucens on Sicily. Not that this is really reliable, but could it be L. lucens?
Michael
Posted by von Tschirnhaus on 16-05-2013 14:12
#4
Lipara lucens Meigen, 1830 (Chloropidae, Oscinellinae), The adjective lucens means "shining" and describes the slightly golden hairs which densely cover the robust fly, different from two other blackish Lipara species, pullitarsis and rufitarsis. L. similis is smaller, less robust, with longer silvery hairs.
The larvae of the valid 5 European Lipara spp. produce galls in reed (Phragmites australis). These cigar-like galls are the focus of a great many of scientific publications and dissertations.