Posted by Walther Gritsch on 04-05-2009 13:24
#1
Hi Forum
In spite of a good look at this little fellows private parts the species eludes me.
I should think that the long hockey stick-shaped surstyli was enough to determine it, but so far I have been unsuccessful.
A couple of other features: No pv apical on t3, and scutellum bare beneath apart from a few hairs at the apex, prealar about as long a posterior ntp.
Body length about 4.5 mm.
Specimen was swept on a meadow on the outskirts of deciduous forest near Copenhagen. The species was numerous in the grass.
Date: May 2. 2009.
Cheers,
Walther
Edited by Walther Gritsch on 07-05-2009 11:59
Posted by Walther Gritsch on 07-05-2009 12:08
#2
What about Phorbia sp. - would that make sense?
After having had another look at the fly I now believe there is a pv apical on t3.
Edited by Walther Gritsch on 07-05-2009 12:09
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 07-05-2009 12:23
#3
Genitalia fits to Ph.fumigata, but better to wait for Michael Ackland opinion.
Posted by Walther Gritsch on 07-05-2009 12:32
#4
Thank you, Nikita.
Your (preliminary) confirmation supports my own ideas. I was tending towards Ph. fumigata once I had discovered that inconspicuous pv.
In any case let's wait for Michael Ackland's view on matters.