Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Flies from kitchen #1: Fannia male? (08.12.10) --> F. canicularis

Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-12-2010 21:55
#1

Hello!

Too bad weather outside, so I went after flies in the kitchen ;) (northwest Germany). There where Drosophilidae, Phoridae, Sciaridae and several of these Calyptrata, I suppose to be Fannia sp.. But they don't look like the usual F. canicularis, they are mostly only 4-4.5 mm long and even the males lack orange markings.

Edited by Juergen Peters on 12-12-2010 17:29

Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-12-2010 16:28
#2

Hi!

Is it worth one more try? Can somebody at least confirm the family? Thanks in advance!

Two further Fanniidae(?) posts from the same day:
http://www.dipter...d_id=35002
http://www.dipter...d_id=35003

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 12-12-2010 17:02
#3

This male seems to be Fannia canicularis. I can see the yellow marks on abdomen. The females are Fannia.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-12-2010 17:28
#4

Hello, Stephane!

Stephane Lebrun wrote:
This male seems to be Fannia canicularis. I can see the yellow marks on abdomen. The females are Fannia.


Thank you very much. I was not sure about the yellow markings, seemed to me more light grey. I knew them only very more distinct in F. canicularis males, like in the one below.

Edited by Juergen Peters on 12-12-2010 17:30