Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which family?
Posted by Stephen on 03-09-2007 13:20
#1
Found on the trunk of a (live) peach tree. Measured 6.1 mm from the front of the eyes to the rear of the wings.
Meadow near forest, West Virginia USA.
6 May 2007.
Thanks in advance for any ID help!
Posted by Stephen on 03-09-2007 13:22
#2
Here is a little more detail of the front of the fly.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 03-09-2007 16:14
#3
Lauxaniidae?
Posted by Stephen on 04-09-2007 21:42
#4
Thanks, Nikita, that sounds like a wise choice. I have a series of photos of a similar fly (maybe the same species), but a different individual. I just found those images from my summer shooting, and will post them soon. Maybe with some different views (different angles) we may come up with a certain ID.
Posted by Kahis on 04-09-2007 22:32
#5
Take a look at the European
Minettia longipennis (Lauxanidae) in the gallery
Posted by Paul Beuk on 07-09-2007 17:49
#6
In the Nearctic there is the '
obscura' group of the genus
Minettia. Might well be the same as the subgenus
Frendelia where
longipennis also belongs.
Edited by Paul Beuk on 07-09-2007 17:50
Posted by Stephen on 08-09-2007 12:05
#7
Thank-you, Nikita, Kahis, and Paul. Looks like a good match! I appreciate your help.