Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lispe; longicollis group, Zambia
Posted by Will van Niekerk on 08-02-2012 15:41
#1
Another fly that I thought might have been Anthomyia, but seems similar in many respects to its predecessor which turned out to be a probable Limnoph[or]a.
Chongwe District, Lusaka, Zambia
31 October 2011
Swimming Pool within ornamental garden.
Edited by Will van Niekerk on 08-02-2012 16:29
Posted by Stephen R on 08-02-2012 15:50
#2
Hi Will!
Limnophila is a cranefly - I think you mean
Limnophora ;)
You are right that this should be Muscidae.
Nice to see all your pictures from Chongwe. I was at Mungwi (near Kasama) for my gap year (in 1966-7 :o)
Edited by Stephen R on 08-02-2012 15:56
Posted by Will van Niekerk on 08-02-2012 16:04
#3
Oh dear, I've done it again... the other day, I asked if a Scoliid wasp (probably Micromeriella) was
Micromelia - which google informs me is a medical condition. Correcting title. Thanks.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 08-02-2012 16:05
#4
It is Lispe of Lispe longicollis species group. I can't say more with this image only.
Posted by Will van Niekerk on 08-02-2012 16:21
#5
It's not a great image, so I'm a little awestruck that you can tell me what it is to species group from this. I wish I'd got a picture of the wings before it flew off...
Thanks!