Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chloropidae, Chloropinae: from Thailand
Posted by ianjacobs96 on 07-03-2013 14:12
#1
My last effort was not diptera .... this one is.
Thank you for ID - much obliged.
Does a constant frantic wing dance on leaves in sunlight - not easy to photograph. About 3mm. Northern Bangkok area.
Best regards
ian
Edited by ianjacobs96 on 09-05-2013 00:48
Posted by mossnisse on 07-03-2013 17:52
#2
it's not Sepsis. Can it be Ephydridae??
Posted by Paul Beuk on 07-03-2013 20:02
#3
Any other images available?
Posted by ianjacobs96 on 08-03-2013 03:51
#4
As it happens yes - first image is of the same fly - not so clear - and the second image in the second reply is of another specimen this morning. Only the second occasion in 18 months that I have seen it. There are several bodies of fresh water within 500 metres.
Posted by ianjacobs96 on 08-03-2013 03:52
#5
Best regards and thank you both.
Ian
Posted by Paul Beuk on 08-03-2013 10:25
#6
I am inclined to say it is a chloropid
Posted by ianjacobs96 on 08-03-2013 10:42
#7
Thank you - it might be - tentatively yes - but the distinctive paddle like waving of the wings does not look like the images in the gallery. Thank you for your time and attention. I shall have more to ask than to contribute for some time.
The subject is fascinating.
Ian
Edited by ianjacobs96 on 08-03-2013 10:49
Posted by ianjacobs96 on 10-03-2013 13:55
#8
Agromyzidae (Phytomyzidae) lyriomyza sp.
Leaf miner fly.
(.... courtesy Siam Insect Zoo website) If this is correct I will change the name of the thread.
Ian
Posted by mcerny on 17-03-2013 17:02
#9
It is not Agromyzidae.
Milos
Posted by von Tschirnhaus on 08-05-2013 20:00
#10
Chloropidae, Chloropinae: Typical are the large ocellar triangle, costalized wing with costa ending at R4+5 and M1+2 being much weaker than R4+5, scutellum with a pair of prominent apical bristles and missing or tiny lateral ones. A white arista is also typical for several genera of Chloropinae, as well a head with large eyes and being wider than the thorax. Wing waving is very rare among Chloropidae.
Posted by John and Barbara I on 19-12-2013 00:41
#11
This is a
Thressa without any wing markings, but I cannot identify to species. I have seen similar species in the Oriental Region and New Guinea and they have the wing waving behaviour conspicuous in the commoner species
T. punctifera which has marked wings.
Thressa have a pectinate arista, narrow costal cell and a large frontal triangle.
Best wishes,
John Ismay