Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hybotidae: Tachypeza?
Posted by Juergen Peters on 06-01-2007 05:51
#1
Hello!
This 2-3 mm fly ran around the wall of our house yesterday night (Ostwestfalen/Germany). I think this must be Hybotidae. Possibly
Tachypeza? Thanks in advance!
Posted by Adrian on 06-01-2007 11:17
#2
I think you are correct.
Most tachypeza species run around flat surfaces in search of prey. I guess it must have mistaken your house wall for a tree.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 06-01-2007 11:21
#3
Hello, Adrian!
Adrian wrote:
I think you are correct.
Most tachypeza species run around flat surfaces in search of prey. I guess it must have mistaken your house wall for a tree.
Thanks! There are trees around, but especially this genus seems to like walls as much as trees, whereas I find
Tachydromia nearly only on bark.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 06-01-2007 12:27
#4
Juergen, Tachypeza has ocellar triangle placed anteriorly, so does your fly.
For me it looks very much like Tachypeza nubila.
Nikita
Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-01-2007 01:03
#5
Hello, Nikita!
Nikita Vikhrev wrote:
Juergen, Tachypeza has ocellar triangle placed anteriorly, so does your fly. For me it looks very much like Tachypeza nubila.
Thank you very much!