Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Acalyptrate family please=Opomyza sp.

Posted by philporter on 17-10-2010 15:05
#1

A family diagnosis would be very welcome, plus features which would help further id. please.

Edited by philporter on 28-10-2010 10:10

Posted by Paul Beuk on 17-10-2010 16:03
#2

Opomyzidae: Opomyza. And why? Well, formal characters are hardly visible in this picture, but wing pattern an ovipositor suffice in this case. But bisically: jizz.

Edited by Paul Beuk on 17-10-2010 16:04

Posted by philporter on 17-10-2010 21:30
#3

I'm obliged Paul; I have a few of these and for some reason I couldn't get my head around them.