Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Australian Piophilidae
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 04-05-2015 17:38
#1
Is this Lonchaeidae? Light trap. Townsville.
Edited by Graeme Cocks on 04-05-2015 23:00
Posted by Tony Irwin on 04-05-2015 21:41
#2
Immediate reaction is Piophilidae
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 04-05-2015 22:59
#3
Thanks Tony, that's a new family for me.
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 04-05-2015 23:03
#4
Nope, got that wrong. I have collected a few before. This looks very much like Piophila contecta.
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 05-05-2015 00:59
#5
Looks like
Protopiophila latipes. Foretarsi are very characteristic. And it has been recorded from Australia already
Edited by Nosferatumyia on 05-05-2015 01:00
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 05-05-2015 01:48
#6
Thanks Valery