Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Acartophthalmidae

Posted by colinleb on 06-06-2017 16:53
#1

Is it possible to confirm this small fly (2mm long) as Acartophthalmus bicolor please? Old mixed woodland on sand in Bedfordshire, UK. May.

Posted by colinleb on 06-06-2017 16:55
#2

dorsal

Posted by colinleb on 06-06-2017 16:56
#3

wing detail

Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-06-2017 16:57
#4

Confirmed.

Posted by colinleb on 06-06-2017 16:57
#5

frons and face

Posted by colinleb on 06-06-2017 16:59
#6

divergent postverticals

Posted by colinleb on 06-06-2017 17:00
#7

Thank you Paul. So quick I had not even finished posting detailed pics.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-06-2017 17:07
#8

Necessary characters were already visible: anterior margin and most of thiord antennal segment yellow, legs mostly yellowish and wing darkened anteriorly.