Gallery Links
Users Online
· Guests Online: 45

· Members Online: 0

· Total Members: 5,092
· Newest Member: LV
Forum Threads
Newest Threads
· Heleomyzidae
· Campiglossa
· Which Bibio? => Bibi...
· Empis pennipes? => E...
· Rhamphomyia iD
Hottest Threads
· Portraits of amat... [338]
· Fly bubble blowing [172]
· Ariasella lusitan... [105]
· Pinning flies and... [94]
Theme Switcher
Switch to:
Last Seen Users
· weia00:29:55
· evdb00:30:53
· Siegfried Ru...00:36:24
· smol00:38:05
· libor00:49:38
· Oryctes01:04:15
· Pentti Ketola01:28:03
· Auratus01:52:59
· Moumoule02:05:39
· Lavendel03:46:09
Latest Photo Additions

Helosciomyza fuscine...

Helosciomyza fuscine...

Helosciomyza fuscine...

Usia martini (male)

Dolichocephala grand...

Dolichocephala grand...

Pseudheleodromia hae...

Pseudheleodromia hae...

Pseudheleodromia hae...

Chillcottomyia ovati...
View Thread
Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Print Thread
Determinable Otites? => Otites centralis
Siegfried Rudolf
#1 Print Post
Posted on 19-02-2026 17:45
Member

Location: D / Staufen im Breisgau
Posts: 436
Joined: 23.03.21

 Found on April 30, 2025, in a dry meadow in southwestern Germany. Size 4 to 5 mm.

Greetings Siggi
Siegfried Rudolf attached the following image:


[145.36Kb]
Edited by Siegfried Rudolf on 20-02-2026 12:24
 
Siegfried Rudolf
#2 Print Post
Posted on 19-02-2026 17:46
Member

Location: D / Staufen im Breisgau
Posts: 436
Joined: 23.03.21

 pic. 2
Siegfried Rudolf attached the following image:


[127.12Kb]
 
eklans
#3 Print Post
Posted on 20-02-2026 09:14
Member

Location: Franconia, Germany
Posts: 4507
Joined: 11.11.18

 I think it's a female Otites centralis.
Greetings, Eric
 
Siegfried Rudolf
#4 Print Post
Posted on 20-02-2026 12:24
Member

Location: D / Staufen im Breisgau
Posts: 436
Joined: 23.03.21

 Thank you very much Eric,

Greetings Siggi
 
Jump to Forum:
Similar Threads
Thread Forum Replies Last Post
smal black Diptera? -> Otites cf. ruficeps (female) Diptera (adults) 6 06-02-2026 19:47
Otites sp.? -> Otites cf. centralis Diptera (adults) 4 06-02-2026 12:38
Otites Diptera (adults) 3 02-11-2025 10:00
Diptera ID? (Otites centralis female) Diptera (adults) 6 08-05-2024 14:28
Otites sp.? --> Otites ruficeps Diptera (adults) 4 07-05-2024 16:07
Date and time
08 April 2026 09:06
Login
Username

Password



Not a member yet?
Click here to register.

Forgotten your password?
Request a new one here.
Temporary email?
Due to fact this site has functionality making use of your email address, any registration using a temporary email address will be rejected.

Paul
Donate
Please, help to make
Diptera.info
possible and enable
further improvements!
Latest Articles
· Voltinism in Chaoborus
· Vitaliy Nikolaevich ...
· Mating behaviour and...
· Oviposition into the...
· African Invertebrates
Syrph the Net
Those who want to have access to the Syrph the Net database need to sign the
License Agreement -
Click to Download

Public files of Syrph the Net can be downloaded HERE

Last updated: 25.08.2011
Shoutbox
You must login to post a message.

John Carr
20.02.26 13:31
Canada plans to eliminate the Diptera group at the CNC. See post in the News section of the main page.

Gnats2meetu
18.02.26 09:33
Anyone have scans of the Genus Semaranga in: 1)Kanmiya, K. (1983) A systematic study of the Japanese Chloropidae (Diptera). 2) Andersson, H. (1977 Taxonomic and Phylogenetic studies on Chloropid

DedeLab
10.02.26 19:36
Hello Moumoule !

Andre
07.01.26 15:52
Pipunculidae from Mongolia! I am looking for specialist who is committed to ID these. There will be a lot of material coming from my expeditions.

John Carr
06.12.25 21:37
He last posted here in April, identifying some Chloropidae.

Sundew
04.12.25 20:02
Dr Michael von Tschirnhaus, a leading expert on Chloropidae and Agromyzidae, died on 16 September 2025 at the age of 86. He will be greatly missed by the international community. R.I.P.

nichilme
03.12.25 12:46
Anyone has the scan of "Harkness, R. D.; Ismay, J. W. 1976: A new species of Trachysiphonella (Dipt., Chloropidae) from Greece, associated with an ant Cataglyphis bicolor (F.) (Hym., Formicidae)

John Carr
01.12.25 22:29
I will try to fix the messages this month. We have to make some other configuration changes before software goes out of support at end of year.

rafael_carbonell
29.11.25 21:57
I would prefer not to receive any more messages from diptera.info signed by Paul... (Thread reply notification)... Could they be signed by ‘The diptera.info team’?

Nikita Vikhrev
19.11.25 12:31
It is with deepest sadness in my heart that I announce that on Saturday, November 15, one of the great minds of world dipterology, prof. Rudolf Rozkošny, left us forever. Please remember him with a

Render time: 0.98 seconds | 266,368,588 unique visits