Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unknown calyptrate fly (10.01.15) --> Lasiomma sp.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 11-01-2015 00:46
#1
Hello,
I found this 5 mm female tonight at the fruit bait in our garden (northwest Germany). Muscidae? Anthomyiidae?
Edited by Juergen Peters on 11-01-2015 21:28
Posted by Juergen Peters on 11-01-2015 00:46
#2
Pic #2
Posted by John Carr on 11-01-2015 01:41
#3
Anthomyiidae. Seems to have more than the usual number of p/pd on t2. If memory serves, some
Delia and
Botanophila have those extra bristles.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 11-01-2015 02:05
#4
Many thanks, John!
Posted by javanerkelens on 11-01-2015 13:14
#5
Those extra bristles are also possible in more genera.
This seems
Lasiomma to me...
And Jürgen...you photographed already many female
Lasiomma in the past, so compare this one to your other photos and you will probable see the resembles in outer characters.
Also....
Lasiomma seems to be a hardy fly, which still can be found in these cold months.
A very common species is
Lasiomma seminitidum......
Johanna
Posted by Juergen Peters on 11-01-2015 21:27
#6
Many thanks, Johanna! Yes, I may have taken photos of several
Lasiomma, but that's long ago, and for this fly I did not find any similarity to anything I had seen, yet - except to a totally different family... The head and thorax of this fly really reminded me of a small Sarcophagidae with its stripes and red eyes :S (of cause the wing venation did not)...