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Hello,

This was running around on Ivy leaves, my garden near Lincoln UK. 5th November.

The closest I have found for the wing venation is Fungivora, which is now assigned to some Mycetophila species.

Figure 7 (A)..

http://www.metafy...ml#figure4

The list of species in the UK.. not sure if it is of use but any help appreciated.

http://www.dipter...mit=Search

4 pics

Janet :)

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pic 2

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pic 3

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pic 4

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It's a species of Cordyla.

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Thanks John, I'll search it out see what I can find.

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Looks good!

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Not really possible to get to species, even males under the microscope are tricky, at least I find them so. In C.crassicornis M2 reaches the wing margin, and C.fasciata and C.flaviceps both have enlarged palpal segment yellow, if that helps.

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Thanks, I was looking for the meaning of the species name 'crassicornis' as I thought that might help but to no avail. It did sound interesting though as this one has interesting antennae but I don't know what others look like.

I have another shot showing a little more of the palp and it looks yellow, not sure if that is showing sufficiently. The wing in this pic doesn't show M2 sufficiently either, but I have reverted the wing shot I posted to show both wings. I'm still not sure if M2 reaches the wing margin.

I flipped this pic by 90 degrees..

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The other wing almost shows M2 touching!

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I don't know if this crop will show anything better..

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All Cordyla species have antennae of this kind. The flagellomeres are wider than high and their quantity is also important for proper identification. Without having a specimen handy for microscopic study nobody can tell more....

so long,
xylo

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Thanks xylo!