Thread subject: Diptera.info :: ID Help (small black beaked fly) [Nemotelus nigrinus]

Posted by DavidG on 28-05-2010 00:16
#1

Can anyone help me with the ID of this small black fly seen in a damp meadow in the UK. (About 3-4mm from memory, but not reliable.)

Edited by DavidG on 26-07-2010 00:14

Posted by viktor j nilsson on 28-05-2010 06:52
#2

Should be Nemotelus, Stratiomyiidae.

Posted by DavidG on 28-05-2010 11:04
#3

Many thanks Viktor.

Having had a look in Stubbs and Drake's book on British soldierflies I'm thinking female Nemotelus nigrinus (no forking of R4+5, no white markings). Does anyone see any objections to that?

Edited by DavidG on 28-05-2010 11:07

Posted by Paul Beuk on 31-05-2010 11:16
#4

No objections.

Posted by DavidG on 02-06-2010 18:50
#5

Thanks Paul.