Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Notophila sp.? -> Minettia fasciata agg.

Posted by Michael Becker on 11-07-2009 06:29
#1

Hello,

is this fly a Notiphila sp.? I found it beginning of June near the river Mosel. Length was about 6mm.

Thanks,
Michael

Edited by Michael Becker on 11-07-2009 20:13

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 11-07-2009 07:32
#2

Lauxaniidae

Posted by Michael Becker on 11-07-2009 07:46
#3

Hello Nikita,

thank you for the correction. Perhaps something from the Minettia fasciata group?

Michael

Posted by Paul Beuk on 11-07-2009 08:01
#4

It is.

Posted by Michael Becker on 11-07-2009 20:12
#5

Thank you both.

Michael

Posted by Jan Willem on 11-07-2009 22:19
#6

OK, I would have pointed you in the wrong direction with Parochthiphila (Chamaemyidae):|

Posted by Michael Becker on 12-07-2009 05:58
#7

Hello Jan,

all these flies from different families are very similar for me. How can you dinstinguish them?

Michael

Posted by Jan Willem on 13-07-2009 10:24
#8

How can you distinguish them? A good question. Just get a lot of experience (which I obviously still lack:|) by identifying material upto family level with the key of Pjotr Oostenbroek.