Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Black fly for ID Please
Posted by Kahis on 17-09-2010 13:45
#2
My first impression is muscidae -
Hebecnema, but I havebeen wrong before (it's hard to believe but it's true!)
Posted by PeterD on 17-09-2010 14:09
#3
Kahis wrote:
My first impression is muscidae - Hebecnema, but I havebeen wrong before (it's hard to believe but it's true!)
Thank you Kahis for your help again;) Before posting, I rattled through the families to ty and establish at least that level but failed even there!
I have been right on some (very few) IDs but my track record is very poor:S
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 17-09-2010 18:15
#4
Sorry, but this is a male
Hydrotaea (subgenus
Ophyra). It is very probably
H. capensis.
Posted by PeterD on 17-09-2010 19:46
#5
Stephane Lebrun wrote:
Sorry, but this is a male Hydrotaea (subgenus Ophyra). It is very probably H. capensis.
Thank you Stephane;) I know one thing for sure - I would never have got there without your help.
Posted by Kahis on 17-09-2010 21:06
#6
So I was wrong :) But in my defence,
H. capensis is a species I have never seen before.
