Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fannia mollissima - thanks Stephane
Posted by nick upton on 06-05-2010 17:33
#1
Can anyone help identify this small dark Muscid (I think....)
Wiltshire southwest UK 21.4.2010
Edited by nick upton on 06-05-2010 22:29
Posted by nick upton on 06-05-2010 17:34
#2
A higher angle view of the same fly
Posted by KWQ on 06-05-2010 18:02
#3
Too slim to be a muscid - Anthomyiidae is the family. Could this be a [i]Delia[/i, at least it has long ventral abdominal bristlles?
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 06-05-2010 18:14
#4
Hi, this is a Male
Fannia mollissima.
Edited by Stephane Lebrun on 06-05-2010 18:15
Posted by nick upton on 06-05-2010 18:29
#5
Many thanks for the expert feedback; so it is superfamily Muscoidea which includes Anthomyiidae and Muscidae, but of the family Fanniidae which is new to me. I did notice the slim body and tuft of bristles under the abdomen which matches photos I've now found well.