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Have this very foggy (was discovered in a picture of another subject) picture of a Palloptera from Sjælland, Denmark. In Denmark I think that only umbellatum and ustulata is known. I think this one is closest to be an umbellatum, but the colour of the body confuses me a little.

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It is certainly not P. ustulata, because this species has much less markings on the wings. I'd say it is P. umbellatarum

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Thanks Ruud. It'll go down as umbellatum. Greetings Martin Bjerg

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I´ld say it´s Palloptera usta, P. umbellatarum has an extra spot around cross vein R-M. The fact that only two species are known from Denmark, has more to do with the amount of research done there on this family than with it being a poor fauna.

John

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A pity, because the flies seem to me also very attractive for amateur dipterists. The family is not too big. As far as I know determination is not too complicated. Problem is that we can't collect the flies we would like to.

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There are more Pallopteridae known from Denmark, but only two Palloptera sensu stricto (see Fauna Europaea). I agree with John that this should be Palloptera usta (Toxoneura usta on Fauna Europaea).

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Thanks to all of you. My debut om DipteraInfo was successfull. usta it is. Not, if we can trust litterature on the subject, a common species in Denmark.