Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hyadina guttata - Ephydridae Malta
Posted by hedy2411 on 23-10-2013 20:56
#1
Can this small fly be named..?
Found 27-9-2013 in Malta
Edited by hedy2411 on 24-10-2013 20:38
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 23-10-2013 20:57
#2
looks like Ephydridae.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 23-10-2013 20:58
#3
I think Nostima, Ephydridae
Posted by Tony Irwin on 23-10-2013 21:22
#4
I'd say this one is
Hyadina guttata
Posted by hedy2411 on 23-10-2013 21:59
#5
Ai, dilemma..., maybe this picture can help..?
Posted by Tony Irwin on 23-10-2013 22:21
#6
It lacks the pale silvery stripes of
Nostima. They should be evident on the sides of the thorax and frontal orbits. It does have the dark velvety side patches on the scutellum and the pale spots on either side of the posterior cross-vein that are typical of
Hyadina guttata, however.
Posted by hedy2411 on 24-10-2013 20:37
#7
Thank you Jorge, Nikita and Tony for contributing in naming this small fly!
Regards,
Hedy