Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Small fly, Austria => Hercostomus rogenhoferi

Posted by Pristurus on 28-08-2018 00:31
#1

2018-07-19, Patscherkofel, about 2100 m a.s.l., sucking on flowers of Parnassia palustris. Is it a Dolichopodidae?

Video: https://commons.w...07-19.webm

Edited by Pristurus on 28-08-2018 10:15

Posted by Igor Grichanov on 28-08-2018 08:30
#2

Hercostomus rogenhoferi (Mik, 1878). Type locality: Austria: Schluderbach in Sudtirol.

Posted by Pristurus on 28-08-2018 10:13
#3

Thank you Igor.
I am just a little surprised finding them eating on flowers.
As far as I know Dolis are primary carnivores.
Greetings, Pristurus