Posted by conopid on 05-07-2010 09:37
#1
This is about 3mm length with a very short terminal arista and as you can see very large genitalia. I thought it would be an easy one to determine with Collin's key to British species, but clearly I am going wrong somewher as I just cannot run this down in the key.
Can anyone suggest the genus please?
Shropshire, UK 3 July 2010. In a small swarm over shallow water at the edge of a pool.
Edited by conopid on 05-07-2010 09:38
Posted by Paul Beuk on 05-07-2010 10:02
#2
Even better, I have a species for you:
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) physoprocta, male.
Posted by conopid on 05-07-2010 10:18
#3
Brilliant Paul - thanks. I at least had been trying to key it through Rhamphomyia, so now I can work out where I had been going wrong in my decison making.
This appears to be a very scarce species in the UK.