Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lonchaea sp, Lonchaeidae, August 2008, Hungary

Posted by Xespok on 17-12-2008 11:34
#1

I have only this image unfortunately.

Edited by Xespok on 18-12-2008 17:08

Posted by katerina dvorakova on 17-12-2008 18:49
#2

Lonchaeidae?
Katka

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 17-12-2008 23:06
#3

It looks like halteres are black, so might be a lonchaeid. Otherwise, I have never seen a lonchaeid with yellow scutellum... I'd say it is a piophilid.

Posted by Iain MacGowan on 18-12-2008 16:14
#4

Its definetely a female Lonchaea spp. in many species of Lonchaeidae its not uncommon for the scutellum to be slightly more brassy in refelection compared to the blue/black thoracic dorsum - and in this case I think the lighting angle accentuates this difference ........ Iain

Posted by Xespok on 18-12-2008 17:08
#5

Thx for everyone!