Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Anthomyiidae?

Posted by nick upton on 14-04-2012 16:11
#1

Can anyone confirm/correct the family suggestion for this small fly and suggest a genus? I think the first anal vein is long enough.. and Veins M1 and R4+5 are parallel, but not all key characters are visible.

7mm 14th April Wiltshire UK

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 14-04-2012 19:45
#2

Hydrotaea sp. (Muscidae).

Posted by nick upton on 14-04-2012 19:56
#3

Many thanks Stephane. On closer inspection, the first anal vein doesn't reeach the wing margin, so I should have known it was Muscidae. Many thanks for the genus ID.