Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ephydridae - Psilopa
Posted by Liliane D on 17-11-2019 11:35
#1
Hello,
On October 26, 2019 in the south of France on ivy.
A small fly less than 5 mm long.
The picture is not good but the scutellum seems to me to have a very cut-out shape that can perhaps lead to a family?
Thank you for your help.
Edited by Liliane D on 17-11-2019 12:55
Posted by Jan Maca on 17-11-2019 12:09
#2
Yes, not much to be seen... Probably Calliopum.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 17-11-2019 12:20
#3
I suppose some Psilopa
Posted by Liliane D on 17-11-2019 13:01
#4
Thank you very much Nikita,
With a blurry picture it wasn't easy!
On INPN, in France, there can be Psilopa nitidula, polita and roederi.
I can't find any pictures of P. roederi but I see that the light color of the legs I doesn't correspond to either P. nitidula or P. polita.
Posted by Jan Maca on 17-11-2019 15:03
#5
Anyway Psilopa sp. may be a solution. I was led by the given length of animal ("less than 5 mm"), but, of course, less than 2.5 mm, which is usual length of Psilopa, is less than 5 mm as well.
Posted by Liliane D on 17-11-2019 15:28
#6
Sorry Jan, I didn't make a measurement and I only had a memory of a very small fly that was difficult to photograph :|