Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Pallopteridae?
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| Muginson |
Posted on 09-09-2021 09:14
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Member Location: Posts: 7 Joined: 06.09.21 |
Found this fly in a grassland in Berkshire. The red thing is a mite that seems to be parasitising it. It keys out to Pallopteridae if you consider the vibrissae weak, though if considering them present, it keys to Piophilidae, either way I can't seem to fit this to a species in either family.
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| Muginson |
Posted on 09-09-2021 09:15
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Muginson attached the following image:  [194.26Kb] Edited by Muginson on 09-09-2021 09:16 |
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| Jan Maca |
Posted on 09-09-2021 15:36
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I would try the genus Geomyza. |
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| Jan Willem |
Posted on 10-09-2021 07:43
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 Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2158 Joined: 24.07.04 |
Jan is right, a female of the genus Geomyza [Opomyzidae]. Geomyza balachowskyi or G. hackmani. The abdomen seems to be banded what points to G. balachowskyi. However, the post scutellum seems to be rather dark what point to G. hackmani. Unfortunately the colour differences are not totally reliable for identification. To be sure you would have to study sternite 8 (normally retracted).
Jan Willem van Zuijlen |
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| Muginson |
Posted on 10-09-2021 15:20
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Member Location: Posts: 7 Joined: 06.09.21 |
Fantastic, thank you both! |
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