Thread subject: Diptera.info :: dolichopodidae?
Posted by SandroM on 11-02-2020 14:13
#1
Is this specimen a fly of the family Sphaerocoridae?
Edited by SandroM on 12-02-2020 14:50
Posted by Jan Maca on 11-02-2020 14:36
#2
Dolichopodidae, most probably.
Posted by SandroM on 11-02-2020 15:44
#3
Just for some additional information, I reared several of these flies (amongst other flies and beetles) from deadwood beech and oak branches.
So could these flies be of the Genus Medetera (Dolichopodidae), whose larvae are apparently bark beetle predators?
Posted by Jan Maca on 11-02-2020 17:10
#4
Specialists, help us, please.
Posted by John Carr on 11-02-2020 17:22
#5
Could be
Medetera. The apical arista, large mouth, and relative orientation of R2+3, R4+5, and M all match that genus. But crossvein m-cu is far from wing margin.