Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sciomyzidae?
Posted by Bruce Williams on 12-03-2011 21:52
#1
Bedfordshire, England. &th March 2011.
Size: 4mm
Pherbellia sordida has been suggested.
Help with identification appreciated.
Bruce
Edited by Bruce Williams on 12-03-2011 21:53
Posted by Sara21392 on 12-03-2011 21:57
#2
I think Heleomyzidae!!
Edited by Sara21392 on 12-03-2011 22:01
Posted by Stephen R on 12-03-2011 23:14
#3
Sara21392 wrote:
I think Heleomyzidae!!
But there are no vibrissae or obvious costal spines...
Posted by Sara21392 on 12-03-2011 23:30
#4
When I zoom more, I think saw them, of course hardly!!
What do you think??
Posted by Stephen R on 12-03-2011 23:47
#5
I have something very similar identified by Paul as Pherbellia sp. ;)
Posted by Sara21392 on 13-03-2011 00:00
#7
Oh!! interesting..!!! Looks like!! :)B)
Edited by Sara21392 on 13-03-2011 00:03
Posted by Roger Thomason on 13-03-2011 01:00
#8
That Stephen will go down in the Annals of Diptera.info History as "MY FINEST HOUR" :D
Posted by Bruce Williams on 15-03-2011 11:30
#9
Thanks for your interest everyone.....so is the consensus
Pherbellia sp.?
Bruce
Posted by Paul Beuk on 15-03-2011 12:17
#10
I am inclined towards
Pherbellia ventralis...
Posted by Bruce Williams on 22-03-2011 20:33
#11
Thank you for your help everyone.
Bruce:)