Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lonchaea Sp.??? bubbling.
Posted by nick upton on 14-03-2010 16:17
#1
Can anyone confirm the genus of this small fly (maybe 5-6mm) from the Lonchaeidae family as Lonchaea? Possibly L. chorea ??
Photographed 26.6.09 in a Wiltshire garden.
NickU - - generalist naturalist and photographer.
Posted by nick upton on 14-03-2010 16:18
#2
Not so sharp, but here is a top view of the same Lonchaea sp? fly, taken 26.6.09 in Wiltshire.
NickU
Posted by Iain MacGowan on 15-03-2010 10:22
#3
Hi Nick
Yes it is a Lonchaeid, but with the relatively wide frons it is more likely to belong to the genus
Dasiops rather than
Lonchaea. With apparently all dark legs it may be
D. perpropinquus or
D. spatiousus??
Iain
Posted by nick upton on 15-03-2010 11:17
#4
Many thanks Iain, it's good to have some knowledgeable feedback. The Gbif database has a very few UK records for both these Dasiops species, 1 for D. perpropinquus and 4 for D. spatiosus but I don't know how common small flies like these need to be to pop up in the records frequently!
Nick