Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Black and grey fly

Posted by pierred on 18-08-2007 09:09
#1

Hello,

Still in Savoy (France), 2007/7/27, 1750 m above sea. Size 10mm or about.

This time, I'm already fearing to get the answer I don't want to read...

But anyway, here we go...

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 18-08-2007 11:14
#2

You don't want to reed "Anthomyiidae female"?
Sorry.
This nice fly (another species of same genus, I think) I've met last october in Sochi region, females only, alas.
Someday I'll found answer...
Nikita

Posted by Susan R Walter on 18-08-2007 13:00
#3

I wonder if they are also related to Juergen's 'nice little fly' from http://www.dipter...ad_id=7637
- look at the white mark on Pierre's first pic - is it dusting that disappears depending on the angle one views the fly, or is it an artifact or reflection?

Posted by pierred on 19-08-2007 06:26
#4

Hello,

I think the white stripe at the base of the thorax is real (not an artifact or a light reflexion) on Nikita's pictures and on my own ones.

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 24-08-2007 14:15
#5

Coming back to
http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=7954
Today I collected attached fly.
This Anthomyiidae emale is possible to ID, it has long plumose arista (as well as fly from Sochi at least).
This fly is
Hylemya vagans/nigtimana

Posted by pierred on 24-08-2007 21:19
#6

Nikita,

Are you sure that the last photo is the same as the former one?

It seems that the general colour of the thorax is much different...

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 24-08-2007 21:27
#7

Not Peirre, I'm not sure, but I know where to search now!
In your case it may be useless if species not collected :(
We have to know at least:
1. Is arista as long plumose as in cases N 2 and 3?
2. If yes, is lower squama projecting?
Nikita

Posted by pierred on 25-08-2007 08:18
#8

Nikita,

Nikita Vikhrev wrote:
Not Peirre, I'm not sure, but I know where to search now!


Fine. Keep us informed.

Nikita Vikhrev wrote:
In your case it may be useless if species not collected :(


I don't collect. No time, no material, no space to store, etc.