Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Nyctia halterata? from Spain

Posted by lagunadani on 24-04-2012 16:05
#1

It is my first post,I hope that everything is in order.

I do not know the family of this small fly.

Date: 04/2012
Place: Mediterranean (Alicante , Spain)

Edited by lagunadani on 24-04-2012 22:02

Posted by ChrisR on 24-04-2012 17:39
#2

Welcome to the forum :)

Your fly is not very familiar to me but I would guess that it is something like Periscepsia carbonaria (or closely related Wagneriini) ... but let's wait for someone else to confirm that ;)

Posted by Zeegers on 24-04-2012 21:41
#3

Vertex is too narrow. I'd go for Nyctia halterata (Sarcophagidae)

Theo