Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fannia sp, Fanniidae, Hungary, May 2007
Posted by Xespok on 14-05-2007 22:31
#1
Mystery fly.
Edited by Xespok on 15-05-2007 18:56
Posted by jalbala on 14-05-2007 23:26
#2
I think it a Lonchaeidae of genus Setisquamalonchaea. Probably S. fumosa.
Posted by Xespok on 15-05-2007 12:32
#3
Thx jalbala, it is nice to have such a precise iD with this difficult family.
Posted by Kahis on 15-05-2007 14:22
#4
I'd call it a female
Fannia sp.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 15-05-2007 14:36
#5
I will follow in your footsteps, Jere. ;)
Posted by jalbala on 15-05-2007 18:05
#6
Kahis wrote:
I'd call it a female Fannia sp.
Why fannia? I think it is acalyptratae. In the photo the nerve SC seem very near an parallel to R1 and the color look how setisquamalonchaea. I adjoin a photo of setisquamalonchaea take in Vitoria (Spain)
Posted by jalbala on 15-05-2007 18:16
#7
jalbala wrote:
Kahis wrote:
I'd call it a female Fannia sp.
Why fannia? I think it is acalyptratae. In the photo the nerve SC seem very near an parallel to R1 and the color look how setisquamalonchaea. I adjoin a photo of setisquamalonchaea take in Vitoria (Spain)
This photo is a little better.
Posted by Kahis on 15-05-2007 18:24
#8
The venation is not well visible in the original photograph, but it clearly shows a pale haltere (black in
Setisquamalonchaea), several dorsocentral setae, threadlike palpi & other features not usually found in Lonchaeidae.
Edited by Kahis on 15-05-2007 18:25
Posted by Xespok on 15-05-2007 18:59
#9
The calyptrate features are quite weak in this fly, the legs are not terribly bristly and the suture is quite weakish too. Anyway that is how we learn!