on Aug. 21st this year (location Germany, NRW) I found strange looking flies sitting on a polypore on a damaged supposed gray poplar. Actually two different kinds of flies, one with a yellow body and the one in question. I think the yellow one is Agathomyia wankowiczii. If not you are welcome to correct :-)
Anyways: I have a video (jump to time index 1:47 - no title yet) which you can watch here: YouTube Video
if the Youtube Video (I can't view it in my browser) can not be played please use this URL: https://youtu.be/...
the fly has red eyes and big black and white stripes on its body as well as stripes on its wings. I have been searching the internet for about 8 hours but I could not really find the appropiate species. The closest one I found was in the gallery here on Diptera which would be Tritaeniopteron tetraspilotum but I think the texture is still different. Anyone knows which species it actually is?
I have also atttached some screenshots (also URL)
https://filebin.net/album/zv7sbo5jkr7k4vmc
Greetings
Stephan
Edited by Pilzbohrer on 08-10-2020 12:54
Posted by Paul Beuk on 08-10-2020 12:46
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The ones with marked wings are Myennis octopunctata (Ulidiidae), the yellow ones are Drosophilidae.
Posted by Pilzbohrer on 08-10-2020 12:57
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Paul Beuk wrote:
The ones with marked wings are Myennis octopunctata (Ulidiidae), the yellow ones are Drosophilidae.
Wow! that was quick. I have checked images on Google and I completely agree. Thank you Paul!:)