Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Piophilidae (was Opomyzidae?)
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 15-09-2009 19:22
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 Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
4mm, last week on a dead log on woodland floor, Meresands Wood Reserve in Lancashire. It reminded me of Geomyza, but no obvious wing shading. Have I got the right family? Second thoughts: now I have noticed the legs, with the short tibia, it doesn't look so much like Geomyza after all, so perhaps I'm way out 
Stephen R attached the following image:  [123.33Kb] Edited by Stephen R on 15-09-2009 19:40 |
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| Andrzej |
Posted on 15-09-2009 19:30
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Member Location: Poland Posts: 2419 Joined: 05.01.06 |
I would say Piophilidae !
dr. A. J. Woznica, Institute of Environmental Biology, Wroclaw University of Environmental & Life Sciences |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 15-09-2009 19:38
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Ah, thanks Andrzej - I was just editing my doubts in while you were replying. I haven't met Piophilidae before, so I'll go and do some homework! Stephen. |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 15-09-2009 21:46
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
I think my thoughts about the legs may have come from misinterpreting the photo. This view seems to give a different impression. How variable is leg colour in Allopiophila luteata? It seems the closest candidate in the Gallery, and one of relatively few piophilids accepted as British in Fauna Eur. I get the impression that 4mm is quite big for Piophilidae. Is that right? Stephen R attached the following image:  [107.11Kb] |
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| Andrzej |
Posted on 15-09-2009 21:54
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Member Location: Poland Posts: 2419 Joined: 05.01.06 |
You should ask or wait for Andrey Ozerov, the cheese flies specialist 
dr. A. J. Woznica, Institute of Environmental Biology, Wroclaw University of Environmental & Life Sciences |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 15-09-2009 22:10
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Yes, I'll wait! In the meantime, I found this photo from May in my unidentified bin. It was on a limestone wall in Yorkshire (also northern England). I think it may be the same thing?
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| Andrzej |
Posted on 15-09-2009 22:25
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Member Location: Poland Posts: 2419 Joined: 05.01.06 |
In my opinion it is the same species !
dr. A. J. Woznica, Institute of Environmental Biology, Wroclaw University of Environmental & Life Sciences |
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