Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Beautiful little fly for ID, SE Spain

Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 16-03-2013 22:41
#1

Completely lost with this cutie, I cannot even figure the family. Any help will be most welcome :)

Taken in coastal Almeria, SE Spain on February the 18th 2013.

Thanks!!

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 16-03-2013 23:08
#2

May be Chloropid? Something like Elachiptera...

Posted by John Carr on 16-03-2013 23:44
#3

Probably too many bristles for Chloropidae. Some other acalyptrate.

Posted by John Carr on 17-03-2013 02:09
#4

It looks too dark to be Chyromya flava, which has yellow antennae and tarsi.

[Above in response to now deleted comment.]

Edited by John Carr on 17-03-2013 03:07

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 17-03-2013 02:11
#5

it is not a C. flava but rather a Chyromya robusta.

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 17-03-2013 02:14