Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Atherix from Spain

Posted by martinm on 14-05-2012 18:52
#1

This looks like Atherix ibis to me, but are there any other European species it could be? A large number of these flies were seen sunning themselves on a shingle bank beside the lower Rio Deva near Panes in Asturias.

Martin

Posted by martinm on 21-05-2012 18:32
#2

No Athericidae experts out there?:|

Posted by Paul Beuk on 22-05-2012 18:23
#3

You are probably right but I cannot check against images in teh Gallery because the male is still lacking from it.

Posted by martinm on 22-05-2012 21:07
#4

Thanks, Paul.