Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lonchaeidae
Posted by Ben Hamers on 28-10-2008 10:24
#1
Hello,
This thread (http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=16949) reminded me of a fly I saw in June in a forest near Heerlen.
I was staggered about the lenght of the ovipositor which even could make some Tephritids jealous.
The palps seem to be smaller as the ones in Lonchaea palposa.
Ben
Posted by conopid on 28-10-2008 10:51
#2
You'll need Iain to comment for a better informed opinion, but from my limited experience this could be something like Lonchaea tarsata as it has it has the basitarsal segments orange-yellow coloured. Nice photo. Please add to the gallery if Iain can provide a likely ID.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 28-10-2008 12:14
#3
Possibly
fugax?
Posted by Iain MacGowan on 18-11-2008 10:23
#4
Hi Ben
this is not
L. fugax which has all the tarsomeres pale, it could be
L.tarsata but as I cannot make out the colour of the squammal fringe i cannot be sure ...... Iain
Posted by Ben Hamers on 19-11-2008 09:51
#5
Okay,
Thanks to the three of you for your help.
Ben