Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Periscelididae

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 31-05-2007 20:43
#1

Moscow reg, 31 May, 3mm.
Bref examination of this fly show me that I have to key family.
Well, Periscelididae!
tp absent - Periscelis nigra, rare. But colour do not fit completely, mesopleura with 2 setae (my old key - 1 strong).

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 31-05-2007 22:55
#2

in which kind of place did you find this fly in Moscow? :)

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 01-06-2007 08:08
#3

Not Moscow, but Mosc region, forest edge:@

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 01-06-2007 08:54
#4

Great find! The key to world genera of Periscelidinae is here: http://www.scielo.../21712.pdf

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 01-06-2007 08:58
#5

Another article: Papp, L., 1998. Life-habits of the Central European species of Periscelididae (Diptera). - Folia Entomologica Hungarica 59: 115-119.