Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Platystomatidae?
Posted by Jorge on 27-03-2025 11:15
#1
Hi all! I've followed the Key to European Families (Oosterbroek 2006) to identify this fly collected in Catalonia (June 2010), but I keep coming up against a dead end. The truth is, the species seems familiar, but I can't find it.
Can anyone help me?
Saludos!
Jorge
Edited by Jorge on 27-03-2025 11:15
Posted by John Carr on 27-03-2025 12:33
#2
Ulidiidae. Note the small point in the corner of cell
cup.
Posted by Jorge on 27-03-2025 13:48
#3
Thanks John. However, I don't see any preapical dorsal bristles on any of the tibiae.
Edited by Jorge on 27-03-2025 13:49
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 27-03-2025 21:45
#4
Otites sp. cf. maculipennis (Ulidiidae Otitini).
Try to dry it a little to develop the microtrichose silver pattern of thorax and abdomen, just for 10 minutes after 96 EtOH: it matters, but invisible in alcohol
Edited by Nosferatumyia on 27-03-2025 22:42
Posted by Jorge on 28-03-2025 15:03
#5
Thanks Val!
Indeed, the the microtrichose silver pattern has appeared.
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 28-03-2025 17:01
#6
Yes it is!