Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Very tiny fly (19.10.12) --> Tricimba lineella (Chloropidae)
Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-11-2012 15:22
#1
Hello!
A fly measuring merely 1.5 mm, at light in our garden (northwest Germany). Sorry, no better pictures possible...
Edited by Juergen Peters on 30-05-2013 17:13
Posted by Sara21392 on 07-11-2012 19:38
#2
Looks like Chloropidae to me, and I think Oscinellinae!
Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-11-2012 19:57
#3
Sara21392 wrote:
Looks like Chloropidae to me, and I think Oscinellinae!
Thanks, Sara! Chloropidae was one of my options, too. Possibly
Tricimba sp.?
Posted by Paul Beuk on 07-11-2012 21:18
#4
Quite well possible
Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-11-2012 21:42
#5
Paul Beuk wrote:
Quite well possible
Thank you, Paul!
Posted by Juergen Peters on 30-05-2013 17:13
#6
von Tschirnhaus wrote:
Tricimba lineella (Fallén, 1820), Chloropidae, is a small Holarctic Tricimba exceptionally with 5 (not 3) grooves in the scutum (= mesonotum)* and with a scutellum not evenly rounded but with corners at the points where the scutellar bristles insert. The saprophagous larvae mainly develop in mushrooms.
* the short outer one can be detected on the left side in the lower image, and as well the typical dark/light banded tibiae.
Thanks a lot! I did not expect a specific determination after such a long time :). We have many mushrooms in our garden.
Posted by von Tschirnhaus on 20-06-2013 19:02
#7
Tricimba lineella (Fallén, 1820), Chloropidae, is a small Holarctic Tricimba exceptionally with 5 (not 3) grooves in the scutum (= mesonotum)* and with a scutellum not evenly rounded but with corners at the points where the scutellar bristles insert. The saprophagous larvae mainly develop in mushrooms.
* the short outer one can be detected on the right side in the upper image, and as well the typical dark/light banded tibiae in the upper image. [Correction of the asterisk note in the last contribution !]
Edited by von Tschirnhaus on 20-06-2013 19:10