Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Notiphila cf. dorsata (Ephydridae) ID by Cranefly

Posted by lagura on 24-09-2009 10:15
#1

I found this little beauty on a straw in a ditch. Perhaps a Notiphila?

Size: ~4mm
Date 21 August 2009
Location: In small ditch (little water), open field area (Helsingborg, Sweden)

Thanks!

Edited by lagura on 26-09-2009 13:56

Posted by Cranefly on 26-09-2009 07:24
#2

Yes, Notiphila sp., possibly female of N. dorsata Stenhammar, the only doubt - too dark midtibia.

Posted by lagura on 26-09-2009 13:55
#3

Thank you very much!