Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Black Fly

Posted by yamaneko on 09-12-2008 15:30
#1
Hi,

i need some help to identify this black fly from july/this year.

The photo was made in Western Switzerland, around 400 m above sea level, near the lake Neuchatel in fallow strips.

Regards,

Nadine

Posted by Lukasz Mielczarek on 10-12-2008 12:12
#2
Pipizella sp.

Posted by Susan R Walter on 10-12-2008 13:26
#3
Are you sure it isn't a Stratiomyidae?

Posted by yamaneko on 10-12-2008 17:08
#4
Hi Mielczarek and Susan,

first many thanks for your answers.

I looked for photos of Pipizella, but there are not so much on the web. And I also looked for photos resembling my fly in the group of stratiomyidae. I find this very difficult to judge.

Maybe both of you could explain your identification?

Or someone else has an idea?:)

Bye, Nadine

Posted by Andre on 10-12-2008 21:41
#5
This is a Pipizella female.