Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Leptocera/Rachispoda sp, Sphaeroceridae, August 2008, Hungary
Posted by Xespok on 17-12-2008 11:36
#1
Ephydridae? Sphaeroceridae? Two images, 1 or 2 species?
Edited by Xespok on 18-12-2008 17:11
Posted by Xespok on 17-12-2008 11:37
#2
Another view.
Posted by Gerard Pennards on 17-12-2008 12:52
#3
Ephydridae...
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 17-12-2008 13:29
#4
Sphaeroceridae
Posted by Jan Willem on 17-12-2008 17:37
#5
I join Nikita's opinion: Sphaeroceridae.
Posted by Gerard Pennards on 17-12-2008 23:11
#6
Me too!:D
I was fooled by the first picture, where there is not a clear sight on the first tarsal segment of leg three, and a seemingly bulging snout like Ephydridae have....
Greetings
Posted by Paul Beuk on 18-12-2008 09:27
#7
Leptocera/
Rachispoda sp.
Posted by Xespok on 18-12-2008 17:12
#8
Thx for everyone. Clearly some aspects of the morphology suggested Sphaeroceridae, but the coloration and the jizz was somewhat Ephydridae-ish.