Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Mycetophilidae?
Posted by Menko Vlaardingerbroek on 04-09-2008 21:17
#1
This photo resembles the Neoempheria striata/proxima photo in the gallery (Mycetophilidae). I found in Bilthoven (Netherlands). Is it possible to say anything more positive?
Edited by Menko Vlaardingerbroek on 04-09-2008 21:27
Posted by Paul Beuk on 05-09-2008 08:41
#2
I hope you kept the specimen. It looks like
Neoempheria lineola, which was so far not recorded from the Netherlands.
Posted by Menko Vlaardingerbroek on 05-09-2008 09:00
#3
I'm sorry, I let it fly after having made some photos. It was my first Mycetophilidae ever and I didn't know it was rare.
Edited by Menko Vlaardingerbroek on 05-09-2008 09:06
Posted by Paul Beuk on 05-09-2008 09:45
#4
Pitty. Now you have to go back and collect it again. :P
Posted by Menko Vlaardingerbroek on 05-09-2008 10:07
#5
Fortunately, I won't have to go far. I found it in my kitchen. I'll keep my eyes open for another specimen.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 09-09-2008 11:47
#6
It was confirmed as
Neoempheria striata by Jan ?evčik:
Dear Paul, it is a male of Neoempheria striata (Meigen, 1818). Dark antennae and colour pattern on tergites are distinctive. Jan
Not new to the Netherlands...
Posted by Menko Vlaardingerbroek on 02-01-2010 21:18
#7
A bit late, but nevertheless . . . thanks, Paul!
PS. I missed the last reply. So, I have been thinking for more than a year that I had found something unique.