Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ephydridae - Mosillus? (NOT Ulidiidae)
Posted by eklans on 31-07-2022 12:50
#1
This ~2 mm fly sat on Euonymus japonicus in Ansbach, garden near Frankenhoehe Nature Park, old deciduous forest, 2019-07-19. I had tagged it erroneously as Physiphora which visit the same plant.
Can it be Ulidia erythrophthalma?
Edited by eklans on 01-08-2022 08:59
Posted by eklans on 31-07-2022 12:50
#2
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Posted by eklans on 31-07-2022 12:51
#3
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Posted by Nosferatumyia on 31-07-2022 15:02
#4
Neither
Ulidia, nor a ulidiid at all. I cannot see details, but it looks like an ephydrid, chloropid or milichiid.
Posted by eklans on 31-07-2022 18:13
#5
Thank you very much, Val! I was cheated by it's behaviour and the Physiphora on the same shrub at the same time. I will try the suggested families - and Piophilidae?
Edited by eklans on 31-07-2022 18:17
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 31-07-2022 20:06
#6
Wing venation and antenna / arista rays are important to recognize the family, but here all is blurred.
Posted by Jan Maca on 31-07-2022 21:27
#7
I do not know such metallic members of Chloropidae and Milichiidae. Ephydridae seems me a plausible solution.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 01-08-2022 06:49
#8
I think
Mosillus, or (less likely)
Athyrooglossa
Posted by eklans on 01-08-2022 08:53
#9
Thanks again, Val, Jan and Tony!
I've found another image of hopefully this fly - less blurred - on 2019-07-19
Posted by eklans on 01-08-2022 08:57
#10
and in August 2019 - basitarsus is pale but not white, so it may be Mosillus subsultans?
Posted by nielsyese on 01-08-2022 11:58
#11
This one from August is a Chloropidae. The one from July is an Ephydridae, I can not tell which genus.
Posted by eklans on 01-08-2022 14:27
#12
Thank you very much, Niels-Jan, it seems, these flies are too small for my shaky fingers...