Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Rhinophoridae? (30.07.19) --> Phyto melanocephala
Posted by Juergen Peters on 06-08-2019 20:05
#1
Hello,
or maybe even a small Sarcophagidae? About 5 mm, at night at light in garden (northwest Germany).
1600x1600 picture:
Edited by Juergen Peters on 07-08-2019 21:24
Posted by Nacho Cabellos on 07-08-2019 00:33
#2
My guess is
Phyto (Rhinophoridae)
Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-08-2019 17:51
#3
Nacho Cabellos wrote:
My guess is Phyto (Rhinophoridae)
Thanks a lot! According to "Entomofauna germanica"
Phyto melanocephala is the only
Phyto species in Germany, but fauna-eur.org also lists
P. angustifrons.
Posted by Zeegers on 07-08-2019 20:15
#4
Angustifrons from Germany would surprise me.
In any case, this frons is not angusti, no doubt it is melanocephala.
Theo
Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-08-2019 21:23
#5
Many thanks, Theo!