Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Protoclythia rufa, Platypezidae, Hungary
Posted by Xespok on 27-12-2006 15:55
#1
Is this a female Platypeza consobrina or a different species?
Lateral view is available on my
web site.
Edited by Xespok on 23-11-2007 21:53
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 20-11-2007 18:33
#2
Protoclythia rufa.
Posted by michal tkoc on 20-11-2007 19:07
#3
For example: The highlighted vein is shorter in
Platypeza consobrina
Posted by Xespok on 20-11-2007 20:42
#4
Thx for the explanation. P rufa seems to be one of the most common late Brachycera where I live.
Posted by michal tkoc on 21-11-2007 17:11
#5
Can you please tell us, how, where (photo of habitat?, temperature?) and when did you catch this fly?
Posted by Xespok on 21-11-2007 19:00
#6
Ok.
This is an extremly common fly in Debrecen, which I can see from late September to mid November (sometimes tens can be seen per day, mostly females) usually after the first frost kills away most other flies. This seems to be one of the latest Brachycerans here, apart from Pollenia, Calliphora, some Heleomyzids and a many Phorids. So this species clearly likes cold weather, and probably uses this time emerge in the abscence of insect predators. Usually the flies appears on a mild day that is preceded by a cold and rainy day.
These flies are usually found on the glass surface of the university I work at. The university is itself located in an ancient oak forest that grows on sandy soil. The forest is really converted to a suburban area, but I suspect that the old oak trees (and the associated fungi) support these flies.