Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Australian Milichiidae
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 28-03-2015 20:34
#1
Can anyone suggest a family for this fly? Light trap. Townsville, Queensland.
Edited by Graeme Cocks on 29-03-2015 17:58
Posted by John Carr on 28-03-2015 21:39
#2
This may be another of the kind that reminded me of Ephydridae and Paul of Milichiidae.
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 28-03-2015 21:51
#3
Thanks John. Going back over Paul's notes, he said Milichiidae should have a deep notch in the costa, this fly does not. So I will go with Ephydridae.
Posted by John Carr on 28-03-2015 23:13
#4
Does it have hairs above and below the arista? If so, it isn't Ephydridae. Also consider Agromyzidae.
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 28-03-2015 23:51
#5
This is the best I can do, which can't answer your question unfortunately. My microscope doesn't have enough magnification either.
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 28-03-2015 23:52
#6
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Posted by Tony Irwin on 29-03-2015 10:14
#7
I've been wrong before, but this has Milichiidae stamped all over it, rather than ephydrid. (Short fat hairy legs, large antennae, pubescent arista, elongate mouthparts ...)
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 29-03-2015 17:55
#8
Thanks Tony
Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-04-2015 11:24
#9
Try for a lateral shot of the head.