Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Rhinophoridae
Posted by fleabag on 11-05-2007 13:36
#1
Hi,
Please could anyone help to id this fly? found in rural sussex uk ...maybe 5-6mm?
thanks,
Noel.
Edited by fleabag on 11-05-2007 14:15
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 11-05-2007 13:58
#2
Rhinophoridae
Posted by fleabag on 11-05-2007 14:18
#3
thanks Nikita ..I changed the title,i had a feeling it might not be Tachinidae with those small antenna.
Posted by ChrisR on 11-05-2007 15:13
#4
How about
Nyctia halterata (Sarcophagidae)? :)
Posted by Zeegers on 11-05-2007 16:02
#5
Bull's eye ! (or should I say.... 180 !)
Nyctia halterata, the 'face-Rhinophorid'. Even Seguy included it in Rhinophoridae.
However, the squama are larger and...
there is a distinct appendix to the bend in vein M. Never so in Rhinophoridae !
Theo
Posted by ChrisR on 11-05-2007 16:08
#6
Well, I know this 'friend' well ... it used to fool me a lot when I started with tachinids. Of course, since I started to catch sarcophagids I haven't seen any!! ;)
Posted by fleabag on 12-05-2007 00:29
#7
its all confusing enough already ...i had to find 'that' fly
thankyou:)
Posted by Zeegers on 12-05-2007 08:08
#8
Sorry for the typo, I meant 'fake-Rhinophoridae'
Theo