Thread subject: Diptera.info :: canacidae ? => Trixoscelis obscurella (Trixoscelididae)
Posted by Pierre-Yves on 12-09-2018 17:14
#1
Hello everybodies,
I need your help to identify this small fly found among the dunes of the south coast of French Brittany next to a pond with reed.
Approximately 2mm, seen on September 05, 2018 in Palud Gourinet, 29710 Pouldreuzic (France)
The base of the wing is white and the crossveins are black. I did not find anything in Ephydridae... may be a Canacidae ?
thank you in advance.
Pierre-Yves
Edited by Pierre-Yves on 13-09-2018 19:20
Posted by Tony Irwin on 12-09-2018 17:41
#2
Try Trixoscelididae
Posted by Pierre-Yves on 12-09-2018 21:18
#3
Thanck you very much Tony, I was totaly lost. After some research, I found
Trixoscelis marginella (I had collected a specimen).
References :
- WALTER HACKMAN. Trixoscclidae (Diptera) from Southern Spain and Description of a New Trixoscelis Species from Northern Europe. Ent. scand. 1. 1970. 127-134.
- ANDRZEJ J. WOŹNICA. The female postabdomen of five species of Trixoscelis RONDANI 1856 (Diptera: Trixoscelididae). Dipteron. 31 XII 2014. Tom 30: 99-105.
thank you again,
Pierre-Yves
Posted by Andrzej on 12-09-2018 22:12
#4
This female specimen is rather similar to
T.
obscurella by the lacking of dark long marginal stripe along the costal and subcostal wing veins section.
Andrzej
Posted by Pierre-Yves on 13-09-2018 19:13
#5
you're right I inverted the lines while translating
Thank you Andrzej
Pierre-Yves