Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Odd little fly with big eyes

Posted by Juergen Peters on 01-05-2007 16:33
#1

Hello!

At first sorry for the very bad picture quality, but this little (5 mm) fly just took off when I wanted to take the photo. Can somebody at least tell me the family? I have no clue... Found yesterday in dedicious
forest in Ostwestfalen/Germany. Not well visible on the pic, but it had a big "hump".

Edited by Juergen Peters on 01-05-2007 16:34

Posted by Tony Irwin on 01-05-2007 18:40
#2

Platypezidae?

Posted by Paul Beuk on 01-05-2007 18:57
#3

Yes, a male of Callomyia, but impossible to tell which species.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 01-05-2007 23:35
#4

Hello, Tony and Paul!

Paul Beuk wrote:
Yes, a male of Callomyia, but impossible to tell which species.


Thanks to you both! I did not think of Platypezidae. All species in my books and in the gallery look much more "robust".