Thread subject: Diptera.info :: unknown fly (edit: Stomorhina lunata!)
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 03-08-2010 18:37
#1
hi flyforum,
I found this fly this afternoon.
No idea what kind of fly this is..
Suggestions are welcome
place: Amsterdam forest
date: 3-08-2010
greeting Robert
Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 03-08-2010 19:52
Posted by Menno Reemer on 03-08-2010 18:41
#2
It's
Stomorhina lunata (Calliphoridae). The larvae are parasites in grasshoppers.
Hans Huijbregts collects the Dutch records of this species, which is a southern migrant in the Netherlands. He might appreciate it if you get in touch with him.
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 03-08-2010 19:00
#3
hi Menno,
Thank you for quick responding.
I've never thought of CAlliphoridae.
I was first thinking of Syrphidae(>not) and Tabanidae (eyes) (>not) or even Ephydridae(mouth)(>not) of Muscidae (Lispe?)(>not).
It's a bit of mixed composed fly..
A better look on the wing could have told me I think?
I took a lot of pictures and will see if it got a typical Calliphoridae-vein..
I'll contact Hans Huijbregts about it.
greeting Robert
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 03-08-2010 20:10
#4
Hereby a more dorsal picture where you see the wing better.
(The wings looks a bit like the wing of Pollenia sp.)
And it's he she, it's a female
Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 03-08-2010 21:01
Posted by javanerkelens on 03-08-2010 20:44
#5
Nice one Robert...!
Joke
Posted by Zeegers on 04-08-2010 11:37
#6
Does anybody has found lunata in recent years in The Netherlands ? It was not rare in the beginning of the 1990's, but then it seems to have disappeared from The Netherlands.
Theo