Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hybotidae? -> no, Brachystoma sp.

Posted by Michael Becker on 04-03-2012 05:48
#1

Hello,

this ~7-8mm fly is from last april from a larger valley in south east Sicily. Does it belong to the family Hybotidae? Anything else possible?

Thanks,
Michael

Edited by Michael Becker on 07-03-2012 05:15

Posted by John Carr on 04-03-2012 14:09
#2

Brachystoma?

It can't be Hybotidae because R4+5 is forked.

Posted by Michael Becker on 05-03-2012 05:37
#3

Thank you for your answer John. This would be a new family for me.

Michael

Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-03-2012 12:23
#4

John Carr wrote:
Brachystoma?
Sounds about right.

Posted by Michael Becker on 07-03-2012 05:15
#5

Thank you. I removed the question mark.

Michael