Thread subject: Diptera.info :: small fly with dotted abdomen oviposits in wood fungus
Posted by Sundew on 26-06-2012 19:30
#1
Hi,
Some days ago, while examining the trunk of an old dead beech, I found a small fly that oviposited around a small wet wood fungus. It looked a bit lauxaniidish, but I may be wrong. An ID is very much appreciated!
Thanks, Sundew
Posted by Sundew on 26-06-2012 19:31
#2
More pics.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 26-06-2012 20:20
#3
Drosophilidae. Looks like a
Leucophenga. (No key to hand)
Edited by Tony Irwin on 26-06-2012 20:23
Posted by Paul Beuk on 26-06-2012 20:47
#4
Leucophenga maculata
Posted by Sundew on 26-06-2012 21:35
#5
Well, I saw the pictures of
Leucophenga maculata in the gallery but found the colour distinctly different. Mine lacks the shiny white frons as well as the broad white shoulders (there is just a trace to be seen), and the thorax is not so dark grey. So this species seems to be very variable! A case for the gallery...
Thanks to both of you indeed.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 26-06-2012 22:12
#6
Difference between male and female...
Posted by Sundew on 27-06-2012 11:05
#7
Ah - as all (except one neutral) gallery pics pretend to show females, there is a lot of wrong labelling then :o.