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This species was photographed on 13 May 2010 from Van prov. Any help on ID of it, will be very much appreciated. Muhabbet

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I'd suggest Chloropidae, may be changing the title would attract the attention of specialists.
Best regards,
Henrik

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Thank you Henrik, good idea!

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I think Lipara sp.

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Thank you Sara.
In 2012, Nartschuk reported from Turkey (Antalya) Lipara lugens Mg., a single known species in Turkey. In Israel, there are also L. rufitarsis, and L. similis. Have you an idea about the specific identity of our specimen?

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Are you sure you meant Lipra lugens? Because if you mean L. lucens, I can exlude that sp. I don't know many flies, but this one I know quite well, and it looks different (It is large, dark brown with stripes of short, golden colored hairs).

Henrik

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another image of frontal view, not sharp but brown antenna visible, one of the character of L. lugens.

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Upon second thought, it could be L. lucens after all. The silverish color of hair stripes could be due to the way it was photographed:S

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many thanks Henrik!

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This is Lipara lucens Meigen, 1830 (Chloropidae, Oscinellinae), The adjective lucens means "shining" and describes the silvery or golden hairs which densely cover the robust fly, different from two other blackish Lipara species, pullitarsis and rufitarsis.
The larvae of the valid 5 European Lipara spp. produce galls in reed (Phragmites australis). These cigar-like galls are the focus of a great many of scientific publications and dissertations.