Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Help with ID
Posted by vida on 28-05-2009 11:14
#1
I think this is maybe
Mythicomyiidae . Can someone verify please? I took this photo in South Africa where I live. I am not an entomologist but have an interest in insects and love to photograph them. This little fly is very small. Probably between 2 and 3mm. It loves feeding on
Feliciaflowers. For some or other reason the tongue or proboscis is never retracted and always extended?
Edited by vida on 28-05-2009 11:23
Posted by Paul Beuk on 28-05-2009 11:28
#2
Your identification is correct. David Gibbs may be able to tell more.
Posted by Andrzej on 28-05-2009 12:11
#3
hmmm... maybe a new one ?.
Recently 15 new species have been described by Neal Evenhuis from UAE !
Posted by vida on 31-05-2009 09:01
#4
Thank you Paul and Andrzej.
Posted by Menko Vlaardingerbroek on 31-05-2009 13:00
#5
A beautiful photo. Its proboscis looks like a bird's beak.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 31-05-2009 19:37
#6
It strongly resembles
Cephalodromia in the Gallery (and in the logo at the top of the Diptera.info pages).
Posted by vida on 01-06-2009 14:32
#7
Thank you Menko and Paul. Much appreciated. :)