Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Dolichopodidae from Madrid -> Not Dolichopodidae, but Lonchoptera tristis

Posted by Jfdocampo on 06-08-2019 08:19
#1

Mountainous area. Beside a stream in a birch forest. 4th August, 2017.

Regards,

Edited by Jfdocampo on 08-08-2019 07:37

Posted by Roger Thomason on 06-08-2019 09:34
#2

Might be wrong [again] but it looks like Lonchoptera tristis Lonchopteridae in The Gallery.

https://diptera.i...to_id=9136

Posted by Jfdocampo on 06-08-2019 13:28
#3

It looks very alike really.

Thanks Roger.

Edited by Jfdocampo on 06-08-2019 13:29

Posted by Jfdocampo on 07-08-2019 07:55
#4

Could it be Lonchoptera lutea instead of L. tristis? I've been searching and I see that L. lutea is much more common than L. tristis.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 07-08-2019 08:24
#5

They are often not this dark and prefer grassland vegetations rather than forest

Posted by Jfdocampo on 07-08-2019 10:25
#6

Ok, then Lonchoptera tristis is more probable. Thank you Paul.

Posted by Mark-uk on 07-08-2019 22:27
#7

I can see a distinctive bend in the mid tibia. so would confidently say this is Lonchoptera tristis

Posted by Jfdocampo on 08-08-2019 07:13
#8

Great! Thanks Mark.