Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lispe geniseta (Muscidae), from Chennai, India.

Posted by SKAN on 29-11-2016 18:27
#1
Shot today, 6 hours before in India - Chennai.

ID Required for the larger fly.

The larger fly is devouring a dolichopodiae which looked very fresh.. not sure if it is a kill.
The larger fly kept its middle leg on the head of LL fly which eventually got detached and rolled away.

Can someone please clarify if this is a predator, the family and if possible the Genus?

Thanks.

Edit: Many thanks to John Carr for the ID
Edit: Many thanks to Nikita Vikhrev for the ID
Edited by SKAN on 29-11-2016 23:58

Posted by John Carr on 29-11-2016 18:33
#2
Lispe

Posted by SKAN on 29-11-2016 18:38
#3
So it is a kill. Wow!

Thank you very much John Carr.

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 29-11-2016 23:35
#4
Female Lispe geniseta,

Posted by SKAN on 30-11-2016 00:00
#5
Thank you very much Nikita Vikhrev.

Posted by Igor Grichanov on 30-11-2016 08:47
#6
Prey is a Doli, Sciapodinae, ?Chrysosoma.

Posted by SKAN on 30-11-2016 13:21
#7
Thank you Igor Grichanov