Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Norellia - Closer pics added.
Posted by Don Micro on 27-07-2010 07:26
#1
Hello all,
This small fly was in my garden this morning. That is in Hasselt, Belgium, 27-07-2010.
I thought at first it was micropezidae but it has these bristly femora which makes it something else.
Who can help?
Thanks!
Edited by Don Micro on 27-07-2010 15:39
Posted by Don Micro on 27-07-2010 07:27
#2
And top view.
Posted by Sundew on 27-07-2010 10:01
#3
No Micropezid, this is a Scathophagid - something like
Norellia spinipes.
Posted by Mark-uk on 27-07-2010 11:03
#4
or could this be
Norellia tipularia?
Wings look lighter than the
spinipes I have seen.
Posted by Sundew on 27-07-2010 14:25
#5
I got a bit deeper into that stuff. Is there really just one row of bristles on the fore tibiae? I cannot see it clearly on the upper pic. More rows would mean
Norellisoma. As to
Norellia spinipes and
N. tipularia, they are said to be quite similar (
http://www.dipter...d_id=14951), and the genitalia are decisive. Furthermore, they have different host plants:
N. spinipes feeds on
Narcissus and
N. tipularia on
Leucojum.
Edited by Sundew on 27-07-2010 14:25
Posted by Don Micro on 27-07-2010 15:27
#6
Thanks! :)
Here a closer view on the fore tibia. Looks like there is only one row.
Edited by Don Micro on 27-07-2010 15:40
Posted by Don Micro on 27-07-2010 15:35
#7
Another: