Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Australian Dolichopodidae
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 22-01-2016 19:52
#1
Can anyone suggest a family for this fly? Malaise trap, Townsville, Queensland.
Edited by Graeme Cocks on 23-01-2016 01:48
Posted by Tony Irwin on 23-01-2016 01:36
#2
I'd suggest Dolichopodidae
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 23-01-2016 01:47
#3
Thanks Tony
Posted by John Carr on 23-01-2016 02:25
#4
Didn't you have a similar
Sympycnus?
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 23-01-2016 05:26
#5
Thanks John, yes there is one, looks the same.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 29-01-2016 11:32
#6
Or
Achalcus...?
Posted by John Carr on 29-01-2016 11:57
#7
Paul Beuk wrote:
Or Achalcus...?
The last Australian
Sympycnus also has divergent R4+5 and M.
http://www.dipter...d_id=69630
Posted by Marc Pollet on 06-03-2021 23:51
#8
Dear John,
I would not go for Achalcus either. All Achalcus, except for A. edwardsi from Chile, has an apical arista.
Cheers,
Marc