Thread subject: Diptera.info :: shiny Rhagionid - Chrysopilus laetus

Posted by Sundew on 20-03-2008 23:19
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Hello,
This nice fly I met in our institute today, again in the gardeners' repotting room. More precisely, I freed it from an old cobweb, where it was frantically struggling. It recovered on my finger and allowed photoshooting. It was late in the afternoon, so I had to use a flash, which made the thorax reflect. Though I think it is a Rhagionid, I would have expected some stripes on the thorax, but it did not show a clear pattern. The wing pattern is perhaps more decisive? Rhagio scolopaceus would come closest but should show more grey on the body, and also the wing venation is different. Are there any other suiting families?
Thanks for help, Sundew

Edited by Sundew on 21-03-2008 14:39