Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lauxaniidae?
Posted by jck on 08-12-2013 14:26
#1
Can anyone help with this fly? Seen on 26 August this year near Apeldoorn, province of Gelderland, the Netherlands.
James
Posted by jck on 08-12-2013 14:27
#2
Second photo.
Edited by jck on 08-12-2013 14:30
Posted by rvanderweele on 08-12-2013 14:49
#3
Meiosimyza decipiens,female, as far as I can see
Posted by rvanderweele on 08-12-2013 18:26
#4
But maybe Mark should pop up. Tricholauxania praeusta then...but the wings are not that convincing.
Posted by Mark-uk on 08-12-2013 21:43
#5
Ruud is correct.
Tricholauxania praeusta
But it is very easy to see how one would get to
decipiens from a photo. as both have dark palpi. the fine spines on vein R2+3 never seem to be visible in a photo. The darkening of the tips of the wing and on the dm-cu crossvein should be clue this is a very variable from a subtle shade to intensely dark. The fore femur has the antero-ventral comb of spines (ctenidium) similar to
Meiosimyza rorida. thought these are not visable in the photos above
Mark
Posted by rvanderweele on 08-12-2013 23:07
#6
Hahaha, yes, Mark, after sending in my first suggestion, I saw the darkening of the wing, so I began to hesitate.
Posted by jck on 09-12-2013 19:14
#7
Thanks to both of you.
James