Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lonchaeidae?
Posted by Juergen Peters on 02-08-2007 19:06
#1
Hello!
Is this 4 mm fly from yesterday on
Tanacetum vulgare (Ostwestfalen/Germany) a Lonchaeid? If so, I think further identification is impossible (?).
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 02-08-2007 19:09
#2
yes! A lonchaeid. Perhaps Lonchaea sp.
Here they are rather common. Usually we can find them in swarming. :)
Posted by Juergen Peters on 02-08-2007 19:13
#3
Hello, Jorge!
jorgemotalmeida wrote:
yes! A lonchaeid. Perhaps Lonchaea sp.
Here they are rather common. Usually we can find them in swarming. :)
Thanks for confirmation! They are not rare here, too, but I have always only seen them as single individuals in the lower vegetation.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 02-08-2007 19:15
#4
yes! We can find them resting in long periods of time on stems.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-08-2007 19:38
#5
Could be
Setsquamalonchaea.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 02-08-2007 20:34
#6
Paul Beuk wrote:
Could be Setsquamalonchaea.
Much too long name to bear an additional 'i'... ;););)
Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-08-2007 22:28
#7
LoL
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 02-08-2007 22:51
#8
Setsquaimalonchaea are you happy now? :) (all vogals right now:)
Of course this is a fictional name. :)
But the name
Strongylophthalmyidae is even worst! Someone forgot "u" letter. :( snif. :(