Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly no.2 on Impatiens, Germany (video)

Posted by Pristurus on 20-10-2011 23:31
#1

found on 2011-10-02 in a forest near Marburg, Hesse, Germany.
Greetings, Ingo

Video: http://commons.wi...-10-02.ogv

Posted by Juergen Peters on 23-10-2011 19:05
#2

Hi!

Neuroctena anilis (Dryomyzidae)??

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 24-10-2011 20:50
#3

Dryomyza flaveola (Dryomyzidae) - a male.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 24-10-2011 21:26
#4

Hello, Stephane!

Stephane Lebrun wrote:
Dryomyza flaveola (Dryomyzidae) - a male.


I was thinking, Dryomyza would never be as glossy as Neuroctena. But in the last few weeks I was very insecure in distinguishing those genera (therefore the two questionmarks in my reply to Pristurus)... Could you please also take a look at these Dryomyzidae from my garden in northwest Germany (too many pictures to post them here), especially the second individual? With the dark abdomen it looked more like Dryomyza flaveola, but apart from the glossy thorax it was also much bigger (> 12 mm) than I was accustomed for Dryomyza (generally Neuroctena anilis here is the distinctly larger species in average, specimens over 10 mm are not rare). Thanks in advance!

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 24-10-2011 21:48
#5

Juergen, I think 1 & 2 are N. anilis and the others are D. flaveola (R1 seems not ciliate, lunula is rather exposed and 3d ant. is darkened).

Posted by Juergen Peters on 24-10-2011 22:30
#6

Stephane Lebrun wrote:
Juergen, I think 1 & 2 are N. anilis and the others are D. flaveola (R1 seems not ciliate, lunula is rather exposed and 3d ant. is darkened).


Many thanks, Stephane, one more time!

Posted by Pristurus on 25-10-2011 00:22
#7

Also, many thanks on my part!
Greetings, Ingo