Thread subject: Diptera.info :: 2mm bent, black fly- Phoridae?
Posted by Margarita Auer on 09-09-2010 21:39
#1
Dear members,
I saw the fly today.
Very little -app. 2 mm .
Can You help me where I shall put it?
Photo 9.9.10, garden in Lower Austria, near Vienna
Thank You
Margarita Auer
Posted by Rui Andrade on 10-09-2010 00:39
#2
I think this is Discomyza incurva (Ephydridae).
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 10-09-2010 01:01
#3
it is D. incurva indeed.
Posted by Margarita Auer on 10-09-2010 08:06
#4
[Super Thank You!
Posted by Margarita Auer on 10-09-2010 08:07
#5
Thanks for the confirmation!
Posted by Cranefly on 12-09-2010 10:53
#6
There is another ephydrid genus - Clanoneurum - looking like Discomyza, but the flies are much smaller (about 2 mm against 4-5 mm in Discomyza). It is difficult to be sure from this photo. If you have the fly then Clanoneurum has vein R2+3 burnt to costa and going parallel to it, besides it has broken tp - second transverse vein and a fold from this vein to wing margin, and it has 4 visible abdominal segments, the 5th strongly reduced. :)
Posted by Margarita Auer on 13-09-2010 09:02
#7
Hallo,
Thank You for Your detailed informations.
I didnt catch the fly but I know that it was tiny- no more than 2 mm, even less.
Best regards
Margarita