Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tiny Micropezidae --> Neria ephippium
Posted by Juergen Peters on 10-06-2008 20:48
#1
Hello!
This one from our house wall today (northwest Germany) was much smaller than the
Neria I posted shortly, only 4-5 mm. Unfortunately there are no dorsal photos of
Micropeza in the gallery, so it is difficult to compare. But could it be this genus?
Edited by Juergen Peters on 11-06-2008 17:20
Posted by socrates on 11-06-2008 08:09
#2
Looks like a micropezid to me.. do you have a ventral view of the antennae?
Posted by Juergen Peters on 11-06-2008 15:50
#3
Hello, socrates!
socrates wrote:
Looks like a micropezid to me.. do you have a ventral view of the antennae?
No, sorry. I only have dorsal views. It was running so fast and then was away... :(
Posted by Kahis on 11-06-2008 15:52
#4
Neria ephippiata
Posted by Juergen Peters on 11-06-2008 17:14
#5
Hello, Kahis!
Kahis wrote:
Neria ephippiata
Fine :), thanks!
Edit: on faunaeur.org and in "Entomofauna germanica" there is only
Neria ephippium. Same fly?!
Edited by Juergen Peters on 11-06-2008 17:20
Posted by Darwyn Sumner on 13-02-2009 09:21
#6
Just to confirm that - yes it is
Neria ephippium. Black posted a good photograph on this site at http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=2513 and there's another by Urs at http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=4830&pid=21558#post_21558
The striking things about it are its small size compared to other
Neria, the sinusoidal shape when viewed from the side and the orange thorax. I've very nearly caught this one, spending a whole day on my knees on a sand dune system on the day after someone else from Dipterists Forum caught it :( Fairly scarce in the UK
Posted by Juergen Peters on 13-02-2009 20:47
#7
Hello, Darwyn!
Many thanks for confirmation! This was also my only find of this species here. Never spotted it again since then...