Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ephydridae, Hydrellia albilabris Male and female.

Posted by Roger Thomason on 16-06-2012 09:13
#1

Found this pair on rocks at the Burn of Valayre...can't be anything else?

The male..

Posted by Roger Thomason on 16-06-2012 09:14
#2

the male again..

Posted by Roger Thomason on 16-06-2012 09:15
#3

The female, just over 1 mm it seems..:|

Posted by Tony Irwin on 16-06-2012 16:37
#4

I don't think this is albilabris - that has a much more shining black thorax. Not certain what species this is, however. Need a bit of time to sort it out.

Posted by Cranefly on 19-06-2012 05:48
#5

Hydrellia albilabris has black palpus, thephoto 1 shows us yellow palpus. So it is some Hydrellia sp.

Posted by Roger Thomason on 20-06-2012 23:19
#6

Thanks Tony and Cranefly..oh well, another to add to the ever-growing pile of unknowns.

Hydrellia sp. it will be...:@