Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Wingless fly

Posted by Krister Hall on 28-11-2007 15:52
#1

These are quite common on the beach here in south Sweden. Anyone who can identify it ?

Thanks,
/Krister

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 28-11-2007 16:04
#2

Sphaeroceridae

Posted by Krister Hall on 28-11-2007 16:09
#3

Thank you Nikita

Posted by Kahis on 28-11-2007 16:52
#4

Hmm, it kind of looks like Crumomyia pedestris (Sphaeroceridae), but the Finnish specimens I've seen at lessa hairy.

Posted by Kahis on 28-11-2007 16:54
#5

When was the photo taken? In mid-summer? autumn? yesterday?

Posted by Krister Hall on 28-11-2007 17:04
#6

I usually see them in may(this is the case with this one as well may 11) around banks of algae.

Edited by Krister Hall on 28-11-2007 17:14

Posted by Krister Hall on 28-11-2007 17:15
#7

When I take a closer look it actually has wings, but very reduced....

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 28-11-2007 18:41
#8

Please compare with Crumomyia pedestris (Meigen, 1830) female, f. brach., collected on April 11, 2006, ID credits: Jind?ich Roh??ek.