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Hi


* locality - Nave de Santo Ant?nio - Serra da Estrela (Star Mountain) - Seia - PORTUGAL
* date - 2007.05.06
* size - 7 mm (medium fly)
* habitat - cervunal
* substrate - granite


Rhagio sp. very, very dark. Almost coal colour.
Which one? I hope it is possible to get species level. :)

EDIT ---> Title changed from "Rhagionidae - Rhagio sp." to "Rhagionidae - Rhagio niger"

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lateral view

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it could be Rhagio niger???

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Dr. Majer J?zsef agree with my hypothesis. He said: "There is great prabality of your fly is a female Rhagio niger (Wiedemann en Meigen, 1820)." :)

A new for diptera.info. :)

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Surprise:

This is actually the female of Rhagio aterrimus Zeegers & Alvarez Fidalgo.
Published yesterday, if you are struggling to find it !
This photo is mentioned in the article.

Note the aberrant wing venation, which proves to be pretty common in this species.

Nice photographs, Jorge !


Theo

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For anyone who might be interested, here is the direct link to the pdf:

http://www.biodiv...insula.pdf

And congratulations, Jorge, because your neat black little fly turned out to be something even more interesting! :)

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Here is a link, if you are struggling to find it: http://www.biodiv...insula.pdf.

Edit: Apparently my typing is two minutes too slow this morning.