Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Clusiidae ID please
Posted by Carnifex on 11-05-2019 23:55
#1
Hi,
could this be
Clusiodes caledonicus? Found on a log in a park in Vienna.
Posted by Carnifex on 25-07-2019 18:37
#2
up :)
Posted by Carnifex on 02-08-2019 12:43
#3
No Clusiid experts around? Anybody knows of a family key for European species?
Posted by Jan Willem on 02-08-2019 18:32
#4
Londsdale, O. & S.A. Marshall, 2007. Redefinition of the genera Clusiodes and Hendelia (Diptera: Clusiidae: Clusiodinae), with a review of Clusiodes. Studia dipterologica 14: 117-159.
Looks like the post-vertical bristles (lying directly behind the ocellar triangle) may have been broken off. If not, it would point to C. verticalis. Having a better view on the genitalia might give information to come to an identification.
Posted by Carnifex on 02-08-2019 20:52
#5
Unfortunately, I cannot get access to the paper, should the genitalia better be seen lateral or ventral?
C. verticalis has not been reported from Austria. Anyways, I will try to get better images next week.
Posted by Carnifex on 07-08-2019 21:55
#6
I looked at it again: 3 fronto-orbitals and a thin postvertical bristle. So that would make it
C. albimanus?
Edited by Carnifex on 11-08-2019 08:08
Posted by Carnifex on 07-08-2019 22:29
#7
But on the same log (different month), also found this fly and could it be
Clusiodes verticalis this time?
