Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa ♀ (cf)

Posted by Elena Regina on 23-10-2025 04:07
#1
Lazio, 2025-X, TBL 1 mm

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Edited by Elena Regina on 24-10-2025 02:04

Posted by John Carr on 23-10-2025 12:07
#2
Forcipomyia

Posted by Elena Regina on 24-10-2025 02:05
#3
I was considering F. (Microhelea) fuliginosa (cfr. image from BOLDsystems below). What do you think?

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Posted by John Carr on 25-10-2025 18:46
#4
Species of Forcipomyia (Microhelea) have a very short hind basitarsis, no more than half as long as the second segment. Check the ratio of your fly. In the most common subgenera the first two segments are closer to equal. In a few subgenera the first segment is much longer.