Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Another ID required

Posted by LordV on 08-09-2005 11:41
#1
Hope this ok to post ones I can't identify.
This is a small fly (about 4mm) that was frantically running around in circles on a leaf with brief pauses every now and then . Taken today 8th sept.- I live on the south coast UK- taken in garden in semi-shade.
Just liked the eyes on this thing.

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Posted by Paul Beuk on 08-09-2005 12:16
#2
This is a flat-footed fly, family Platypezidae. Provisional identification is Lindneromyi dorsalis but I will have to check. I do not have the necessarry literature here at the moment.

Posted by LordV on 08-09-2005 16:40
#3
Thanks again Paul for the provisional ID. Flat footed flies :o
Brian V.