Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Images from Japan F

Posted by Xespok on 21-11-2005 17:46
#1

I think this is a typical Pipunculidae, the only fly I ever observed of this family. It is a pity that I could not get a decent shot at this tiny but nevertheless very intersting fly/.

A Pipunculus sp?
www.diptera.info/forim/5-1011-1.jpg

Posted by Paul Beuk on 21-11-2005 20:20
#2

With the shiny mesonotum I would go for a species in the Cephalops genera complex. Most of it used to be Cephalops but it has been overhauled completely and I am not up to date with the characters to separate the different genera anymore.