Posted by John Carr on 04-10-2015 19:33
#7
There are many similar species, but only
Z. indianus is widespread outside of Africa. It has spread rapidly in North America recently. Two other species of even-striped
Zaprionus are recorded from southern Europe in Fauna Europaea, one of which is much darker than your fly.
The leg characters Paul is looking for are illustrated here:
http://zookeys.pe...hp?id=2231