Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Piophilidae (was Opomyzidae?)
Posted by Stephen R on 15-09-2009 19:22
#1
4mm, last week on a dead log on woodland floor, Meresands Wood Reserve in Lancashire. It reminded me of
Geomyza, but no obvious wing shading. Have I got the right family?
Second thoughts: now I have noticed the legs, with the short tibia, it doesn't look so much like Geomyza after all, so perhaps I'm way out:|
Edited by Stephen R on 15-09-2009 19:40
Posted by Andrzej on 15-09-2009 19:30
#2
I would say Piophilidae !
Posted by Stephen R on 15-09-2009 19:38
#3
Ah, thanks Andrzej - I was just editing my doubts in while you were replying. I haven't met Piophilidae before, so I'll go and do some homework!
Stephen.
Posted by Stephen R on 15-09-2009 21:46
#4
I think my thoughts about the legs may have come from misinterpreting the photo. This view seems to give a different impression.
How variable is leg colour in
Allopiophila luteata? It seems the closest candidate in the Gallery, and one of relatively few piophilids accepted as British in Fauna Eur.
I get the impression that 4mm is quite big for Piophilidae. Is that right?
Posted by Andrzej on 15-09-2009 21:54
#5
You should ask or wait for Andrey Ozerov, the cheese flies specialist :D
Posted by Stephen R on 15-09-2009 22:10
#6
Yes, I'll wait! In the meantime, I found this photo from May in my unidentified bin. It was on a limestone wall in Yorkshire (also northern England). I think it may be the same thing?
Posted by Andrzej on 15-09-2009 22:25
#7
In my opinion it is the same species !