Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Mythicomyiidae ID -> Glabellula arctica

Posted by Carnifex on 20-04-2019 19:07
#1
It took me quite some time to figure out to even what family this fly might belong - actually in the end it was pure luck: Had an initial (wrong) suspicion, so I fetched Marshall's awesome 600+ pages of 'Flies' to check images of that family, opened the book randomly - and stared at a Mythicomyiid fly! Immediately knew that is the right one :)

Never heard of that family before, but I guess, although not in the Gallery, that there is no other option than Glabellula arctica?

static.inaturalist.org/photos/35135355/original.jpeg

It looks like the female is ovipositing, but the larvae develop in Formica nests, so not sure what it is doing...

Cheers, Lorin
Edited by Carnifex on 04-05-2019 23:52

Posted by Carnifex on 22-04-2019 21:53
#2
opinions highly appreciated :)

Posted by Paul Beuk on 23-04-2019 14:13
#3
Without experience in the group I would say your deduction of the species is right.

Posted by Carnifex on 23-04-2019 15:50
#4
:D