Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unknown Ephydridae?
Posted by Gnats2meetu on 03-03-2026 11:40
#1
Hi all, I have a Hydrellia? from Montserrat I believe. Can anyone confirm and or go any further?
Thanks in advance! Eyes with short dense hairs, arista pectinate w/ rays above
Edited by Gnats2meetu on 03-03-2026 11:54
Posted by Gnats2meetu on 03-03-2026 11:57
#2
Dorsal view
Edited by Gnats2meetu on 03-03-2026 11:58
Posted by Tony Irwin on 03-03-2026 13:59
#3
Not
Hydrellia - more likely a
Philygria. It would help to know which Montserrat - Spain or Caribbean?
Posted by Gnats2meetu on 04-03-2026 09:37
#4
Hi Tony! Nice to hear from you. :). Fly is from Montserrat, Caribbean. Interesting- what makes you think Philygria? Not Nostima because of the long dorsal rays?
Edited by Gnats2meetu on 04-03-2026 11:00
Posted by Tony Irwin on 04-03-2026 12:23
#5
Thanks for clarifying where the fly is from - I didn't recognise it as a European species. As it's Central American, there may be other genera that occur there, which I don't know, but it has a
Philygria feel to it. Wayne Mathis is very familiar with the Caribbean fauna, and is best placed to say which genus (and perhaps species) it is.
Posted by Gnats2meetu on 04-03-2026 13:10
#6
Thanks for the direction Tony- the fronto orbital bristles in couplet 41 of Man. Near. Diptera was throwing me- they were obvious so I moved to Hydrellinae....
I've re-keyed and it keys out to Nostima because of the long haired arista?
Posted by nielsyese on 04-03-2026 17:27
#7
It is Nostima.