Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Heleomyzidae [Orbellia cf. nivicola]

Posted by ekhohe on 10-10-2008 20:08
#1

Is this copula possible to id?
Lappeenranta, Finland, October, not collected, dorsal view available.

Edited by ekhohe on 11-10-2008 20:38

Posted by ekhohe on 10-10-2008 20:09
#2

Frontal.

Posted by Andrzej on 10-10-2008 22:08
#3

Lovely !. It is Orbellia an autumn fly !.
myiopiformis or nivicola. I should check the ID characters !
Please be patient because I have trouble with the web-connection :|
I will answer as soon as possible
Andrzej

Posted by ekhohe on 11-10-2008 10:10
#4

Thanks advance Andrzej. Only Orbellia in Finnish list is nivicola.

Posted by Andrzej on 11-10-2008 13:26
#5

The wings are very long and it could be O. nivivola !.