Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Opomyzidae - Opomyza germinationis
Posted by tim worfolk on 14-07-2009 06:27
#1
I think this is Sciomyzidae, it reminds me of a
Tetanocera I posted a while back, though I don't think it's the same sp. Can anyone help?
11/7/2009; Devon, England
Thanks
Tim
Edited by tim worfolk on 14-07-2009 16:49
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 14-07-2009 06:37
#2
Not Sciomyzidae, there are too many dc on scutum (only 2 post dc for Sciomyzidae). This is
Opomyza petrei/germinationis (Opomyzidae).
Edited by Stephane Lebrun on 14-07-2009 11:49
Posted by tim worfolk on 14-07-2009 06:58
#3
Thanks for your help again Stephane.
Tim
Posted by Jan Willem on 14-07-2009 07:05
#4
Hi Tim,
Do you have other pictures of this fly, preferably from the side, giving a better view on the abdomen? If so, it might be possible to tell with which of the two (
O. petrei or
O. germinationis) you are dealing. My guess would be
O. germinationis.
Another way to know you are not dealing with Sciomyzidae is the fact that the pvt (bristles just behind the ocelli) are missing. In Sciomyzidae these bristles are present.
Posted by tim worfolk on 14-07-2009 07:34
#5
Hi Jan Willem, no other shots I'm afraid, But I'll Look out for it and try to get more next time. Thanks anyway.
Tim
Posted by tim worfolk on 14-07-2009 08:40
#6
Just been to the exact same spot in my garden and there it (or similar) was again. So a few more photos - hope they help.
Tim
Posted by tim worfolk on 14-07-2009 08:41
#7
and another...
Tim
Posted by Jan Willem on 14-07-2009 11:44
#8
This is definitely a male of
Opomyza germinationis. Nice picutures by the way.
Posted by tim worfolk on 14-07-2009 16:49
#9
Many thanks Jan Willem.
Tim