Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Helina sp.? Norway
Posted by cyprinoid on 23-06-2009 21:29
#1
Sorry for flooding the board. I hope to bring in something interesting and exotic soon :-)
Hakon
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 23-06-2009 21:35
#2
I'll need a dorsal view to evaluate the thorax chaetotaxy, but at first glance it looks like
Helina depuncta.
Posted by cyprinoid on 23-06-2009 21:42
#3
Hm, this is the only picture I got before it took off. Generally speaking, what is the best angle to shoot at for id purpose?
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 23-06-2009 21:58
#4
A view like
this is generally more helpull than a pure dorsal / profile view, at least for calyptrate flies, because we can see in only one picture the bristles on thorax, on legs and on frons. Anyway, only one shot is rarely enough for most flies.
Posted by cyprinoid on 23-06-2009 22:03
#5
Thank you for your patience with my incompetence.