Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Minettia, I suppose

Posted by Sundew on 10-02-2009 23:20
#1

Hi,
Here is a Lauxaniid from my garden, seen in June, 2008. Could it be a Minettia, and is species ID possible?
Many thanks, Sundew

Posted by Paul Beuk on 11-02-2009 08:13
#2

Possibly M. desmometopa?

Posted by katerina dvorakova on 11-02-2009 09:39
#3

Hi,
Minettia longiseta,:) it was very simple to determine it according to Shatalkins key despite I dont know this species. (M. desmometopa has dark margin of scutellum).
Katka

Posted by Paul Beuk on 11-02-2009 12:45
#4

LoL, I thought it might not be desmometopa because I did not see the dark margin but I don't have Shatalkin's key so I could not check. :)

Posted by Sundew on 11-02-2009 18:03
#5

Thanks to both of you! So it is a new species for the gallery. The inhabitants' diversity of our garden is quite impressive, the humans making a tiny minority only...
Best wishes, Sundew