Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Gymnophora (Phoridae)
Posted by cyprinoid on 08-08-2009 16:05
#1
Norway, 08.08.09, male 2-3 mm
no wing shots
Edited by cyprinoid on 18-08-2009 10:15
Posted by Roger Thomason on 09-08-2009 08:54
#2
Looks like Sphaeroceridae. Change the heading to Sphaeroceridae/Scuttle Fly and you MIGHT get a reply...hard to ID.
Edit; Also known as Coffinflies...run it through Google, Makes nice bedtime story for the kids/grandchildren when they have been naughty, though you might get locked up for traumatizing them. :D
HANDY TIP; Get cremated or buried in concrete. Obviously AFTER you die,
NOT before :D.
Edited by Roger Thomason on 09-08-2009 09:56
Posted by cyprinoid on 09-08-2009 10:42
#3
Thanks. Now that you say it, the mouth part looks "Sphaeroceridaous" :)
Other Sphaerocerids I've found have been shiny like beetles so it diden't corss my mind.
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 09-08-2009 10:58
#4
I think these flies are some
Gymnophora in Phoridae.
Posted by Roger Thomason on 09-08-2009 12:27
#5
Sorry...confusing Sphaeroceridae with Phoridae....Knew it was a Scuttle Fly or Coffinfly....mixed up the Family.
Some things don't change :|. Sorry Hakon.
Bit early in the morning for this.
Regards Roger
Edited by Roger Thomason on 09-08-2009 12:28
Posted by cyprinoid on 09-08-2009 12:42
#6
n/p Roger. I got an interesting read out of it!
Thanks to Stephane!
Posted by bbrown on 09-08-2009 13:01
#7
Definitely Gymnophora (Phoridae)