Thread subject: Diptera.info :: [Leptocera/Rachispoda] Sphaeroceridae to ID

Posted by kristobal21 on 22-09-2014 23:45
#1

I found this fly in the East of France last week. Size is approximately 3 mm. Could-it be Chaetopodella sp. ?

Edited by kristobal21 on 17-10-2014 22:53

Posted by John Carr on 23-09-2014 00:35
#2

Leptocera or possibly Rachispoda (sometimes considered a subgenus). Chaetopodella has only four large bristles on the scutellum.

Posted by kristobal21 on 23-09-2014 08:10
#3

Thank you :).