Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Very tiny fly: Philygria picta (Ephydridae)?

Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-10-2007 20:55
#1
Hello!

No better pics possible... This fly from our house wall today (Ostwestfalen/Germany) was at most 1 mm long. Is it Philygria picta from Ephydridae? Thanks!

Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-10-2007 20:55
#2
Another picture.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 07-10-2007 21:24
#3
Yes this is Philygria picta. The silvery lines of the orbits continued on the dorsum are fairly distinctive.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-10-2007 21:36
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Tony Irwin wrote:
Yes this is Philygria picta. The silvery lines of the orbits continued on the dorsum are fairly distinctive.


Thanks, Tony!