Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lonchaeidae, Lamprolonchaea

Posted by Biophyto on 30-07-2014 12:02
#1

Hello everyone!

Could anyone help me with the ID of this fly please? It was captured in a mango orchard in Reunion Island!

Thank you in advance!

(Tachinidae sp5)

Edited by Biophyto on 31-07-2014 06:27

Posted by Biophyto on 30-07-2014 12:02
#2

wing

Posted by Biophyto on 30-07-2014 12:03
#3

dorsal view

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 30-07-2014 12:23
#4

Lonchaeidae

Posted by Biophyto on 30-07-2014 12:25
#5

Thank you Dmitry!

Posted by Iain MacGowan on 30-07-2014 15:08
#6

Yes Lonchaeidae, genus Lamprolonchaea. the males can be identified on the basis of the genitaila. Its most probably L. smaragdi or L. metatarsata.
Iain

Posted by Biophyto on 31-07-2014 08:31
#7

Thank you very much Iain!