Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Small Australian fly

Posted by Graeme Cocks on 29-09-2011 23:50
#1

Can any one suggest a family? The venation is very faint, except for Sc and R1 which are strong veins.
Malaise trap, Townsville, Queensland.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 30-09-2011 07:57
#2

Looks like Scatopsidae, but there are other, similar families like Canthyoscelidae and Hyperoscelidae.

Posted by Graeme Cocks on 30-09-2011 08:38
#3

Thanks Paul, I have some reading to do.