Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Blue and orange Sciomyzidae? (24.03.10) --> cf. Scoliocentra sp. (Heleomyzidae)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-03-2010 22:11
#1

Hello!

After Andrzej lead me into the right direction with this one, I suspect that this fly, I stored as Heleomyzidae at first, is also a Sciomyzid... From garden two days ago, northwest Germany, about 7 mm.

Edited by Juergen Peters on 27-03-2010 19:34

Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-03-2010 22:12
#2

Pic #2

Posted by phil withers on 26-03-2010 22:54
#3

No this is a heleomyzid: look for the strong bristles on the costa...

Posted by Paul Beuk on 27-03-2010 00:03
#4

Click on the second image and you'll see a larger version: the spines are there.

Posted by Andrzej on 27-03-2010 00:10
#5

probably Scolicoentra but pleural part not visible ;-(

Posted by Juergen Peters on 27-03-2010 19:31
#6

Andrzej wrote:
probably Scolicoentra but pleural part not visible


Thanks to you all for your comments!