Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chloropidae spec.?

Posted by cebe on 19-04-2017 11:28
#1
A few days ago on Populus alba. Looked to big for Thaumatomyia.
cebe.waarnemingen.be/fotonew/7/13229997.jpg
More pics: https://cebe.waar.../136970477
Is this a Chloropidae spec.?
Thank you
Bart

Posted by Tony Irwin on 19-04-2017 13:07
#2
Looking at your other photos, it's clear that the scutellum is not very flat, and the apical bristles are not very close together, so I think this is Chlorops, rather than Thaumatomyia