Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Suilllia fuscicornis?

Posted by RE Niks on 24-06-2026 17:02
#1

I found this female Heleomyzidae, and I doubt wither it is Suillia bicolor or the much less common S. fuscicornis. I caught it in humid grassland.
Especially the small black hairs on the scutellum make me doubting whether it is S. bicolor: wthat species is supposed to have only tiny white hairs on the scutellum.

Edited by RE Niks on 24-06-2026 17:03

Posted by RE Niks on 24-06-2026 17:33
#2

This is the scutellum

Edited by RE Niks on 24-06-2026 17:37

Posted by RE Niks on 24-06-2026 17:38
#3

And this the head and antenna

Posted by Andrzej on 24-06-2026 20:23
#4

Here is the key to the species group: https://sparrow.u..._33_12.pdf. You can easily translate the text using Google Translate ;)

Posted by RE Niks on 26-06-2026 22:26
#5

Thanks, I will try that key. I used another key (Withers, 1987). Interesting to see where I will arrive at using the key you suggested!

Posted by RE Niks on 27-06-2026 13:57
#6

Thanks to your key, I found that a very easy difference between S. bicolor and S. fuscicornis is the size of spikes on the costa. Small in S. bicolor (= about as long as the width of the costa) or long and strong (easily twice the width of the costa).
So, my fly is a S. bicolor.