Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly ID
Posted by LordV on 26-09-2009 08:29
#1
Found this largish fly about 8mm body length feeding together with a load of much smaller fruit flies on a melon rind I'd left out yesterday (south coast UK)
Any ideas?
Brian v.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 26-09-2009 08:37
#2
Heleomyzidae,
[Suillia. Perhaps
variegata?
Posted by LordV on 26-09-2009 08:56
#3
Paul Beuk wrote:
Heleomyzidae, [Suillia. Perhaps variegata?
Thanks paul - that was fast :)
Brian V.
Posted by Andrzej on 26-09-2009 10:18
#4
Suillia is OK ! but it is with all probability
S. affinis or
S. umbratica ;)
Suillia variegata should have haired mesopleuron and a second smaller but distinct vibrissa ! In the female the abdominal tergites are darker banded in posterior part. Cheeks are smaller and distinctly silver shiny !.The area near vibrissae should be dark brown spotted !
FESTINA LENTE B)
Edited by Andrzej on 26-09-2009 10:20
Posted by LordV on 26-09-2009 14:20
#5
Thanks for the correction :)
Brian v.
Posted by phil withers on 26-09-2009 15:04
#6
Unlikely to be
umbratica (not British). Could also be
ustulata - cannot see if the scutellum has hairs or not.
Posted by Andrzej on 26-09-2009 17:31
#7
So, it's
affinis !
S.
ustulata is much darker (brick-red to brick-brown) with pubescent arista and two vibrissae on each side! and the genae are whitish ! :D
Posted by phil withers on 26-09-2009 18:23
#8
Correct (he said, blushing slightly) !