Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tiny black one - Lonchaeidae?
Posted by Sundew on 21-09-2011 23:52
#1
Hi,
When we sat in a Thuringian outdoor restaurant in the beginning of September, we watched a tiny black fly on our table. It was obviously ovipositing into the cavities of a waterproof plastic table cover. I wished I could have seen if really eggs were deposited and thus wasted, but my long-sighted eyes had no chance.
Is the little one an Agromyzid? I have no other idea. Thanks for help, Sundew
Edited by Sundew on 22-09-2011 13:18
Posted by mcerny on 22-09-2011 06:49
#2
It is not Agromyzidae.
Miloš
Posted by Sara21392 on 22-09-2011 07:53
#3
I guess Milichiidae!
Posted by Sundew on 22-09-2011 10:39
#4
Aha - indeed, Agromyzidae should be more intelligent und not use such an absurd brooding substrate :D.
Thanks to both of you! Can Milichiidae be confirmed?
Edited by Sundew on 22-09-2011 10:40
Posted by Paul Beuk on 22-09-2011 11:05
#5
It cannot because it is Lonchaeidae. ;)
Posted by Sundew on 22-09-2011 13:07
#6
Oh my! We are passing through all families of miniature flies... Lonchaeidae members I thought to be a
bit bigger at least. So it is a case for Iain.
Edited by Sundew on 22-09-2011 13:19
Posted by conopid on 22-09-2011 15:11
#7
I agree with Paul - Lonchaeidae
Posted by Iain MacGowan on 23-09-2011 09:40
#8
Hi Sundew
I can confirm that it is definitely a female Lonchaeid, usual broad thorax, black halteres and a glimpse of the long ovipositor in the bottom photograph, It is difficult to tell much more from the photographs but looking at the length of the antennal flagellomere it is probably a small
Lonchaea spp.
Iain http://lonchaeidae.myspecies.info
Posted by Sundew on 23-09-2011 10:02
#9
Dear Iain, thanks for quick and solid help! So it's a sub-plastic-table-cover-breeding Mini-
Lonchaea :D.