Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chloropidae? Norway

Posted by gedra on 05-07-2010 19:53
#1

Hi, i found this fly outside Oslo, Norway in mid June. Can it be ID'ed further?

rgds
Geir

Edited by gedra on 05-07-2010 20:27

Posted by nielsyese on 05-07-2010 20:14
#2

Chloropidae.

Posted by gedra on 05-07-2010 20:28
#3

Thanks!
Looking in the gallery it looks like a Thaumatomyia notata - possible?

rgds
Geir

Posted by viktor j nilsson on 06-07-2010 09:38
#4

I am not quite sure its Thaumatomyia. The apical scutellar bristles appear a bit too separated than normally in Thaumatomyia, they should be very close together and crossing each other. I think it is an Chlorops species.

Check here for an illustration of what it should look like in Thaumatomiya:
http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=1484

Oh, and T. notata is a very common species, but mostly in Autumn. And there are other Thaumatomyia species in Norway too.