Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lauxaniidae for ID, E England

Posted by Martin Cooper on 16-06-2014 10:32
#1

Found on a rose bush in Ipswich, Suffolk on 12-June-2014. Please help with identification.

Regards,
Martin

Posted by Martin Cooper on 16-06-2014 10:33
#2

dorsal

Posted by Martin Cooper on 16-06-2014 10:34
#3

face

Posted by Martin Cooper on 16-06-2014 10:34
#4

side

Posted by Martin Cooper on 16-06-2014 10:35
#5

showing legs

Posted by Martin Cooper on 17-06-2014 12:44
#6

I thought maybe Homoneura, but I can't see any av comb-like spinules on the front femur, just a darker area...

Posted by Paul Beuk on 17-06-2014 13:57
#7

Sapromyza halidayi. You can make out the characteristic shape of the fmale genitalia in de fourth image. The darkened tip of the fore femur is also indicative of that species.

Posted by Martin Cooper on 17-06-2014 14:44
#8

Thanks Paul!

Posted by Mark-uk on 17-06-2014 21:22
#9

The dark markings on the fore femur should give this species away

Posted by Martin Cooper on 17-06-2014 23:56
#10

I'll know that next time!