Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ausralian fly - family?
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 06-06-2011 06:17
#1
Could somebody suggest a family please? Platystomatidae?
Malaise trap, Townsville, Queensland.
Edited by Graeme Cocks on 06-06-2011 06:20
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 06-06-2011 06:19
#2
Another, probably the same species.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-06-2011 08:57
#3
I doubt that they are the same species. There are too many differences in colour (legs, wings), leg chaetotaxy, wing venation, etc. I think the first might actually be Sepsidae, the second (for me) has too few visible details. Perhaps Ulididiae?
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 06-06-2011 09:11
#4
Thanks Paul. I guess i was wrong twice. I thought they might be m&f of a species. I'll present them again with your suggestions. I was looking at the white abdominal bands mainly.
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 06-06-2011 09:26
#5
Hi Paul. I see your point about leg chaetotaxy, I bare it in mind in the future.