Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Small fly at our house lantern (28.03.15) --> Anthomyiidae (cf. Egle sp.)
Posted by Juergen Peters on 28-03-2015 23:45
#1
Hello,
a 4 mm fly at our door tonight (northwest Germany).
Edited by Juergen Peters on 02-04-2015 19:26
Posted by Juergen Peters on 28-03-2015 23:46
#2
Pic #2
Posted by Juergen Peters on 28-03-2015 23:46
#3
Pic #3
Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-04-2015 11:20
#4
Anthomyiidae
Posted by John Carr on 02-04-2015 12:53
#5
I had ruled out Muscoidea based on the acalyptrate-like first flagellomeres, but on second thought it could be
Egle which flies in early spring and has a short first flagellomere and costa expanded near the end of R1.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 02-04-2015 19:25
#6
Many thanks, Paul and John!