Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Brachycera, Hungary, June 2007
Posted by Xespok on 19-10-2007 21:07
#1
Anyone has any idea of what species this fly belongs to? I do not even know the family. (Size is small cc 5 mm)
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 19-10-2007 21:18
#2
Anthomyiidae, I'd say.
Posted by Xespok on 26-10-2007 21:59
#3
Any more opinion? If an Anthomyiid, this must be a distinctive genus.
I think this fly has to do something with Hymenopterans.
Posted by Xespok on 04-12-2007 19:32
#4
I raise this one. Nikita, Tony, Kahis do you have any vague idea which genus it might be?
Posted by Susan R Walter on 04-12-2007 20:50
#5
Gabor
If it was taking a close interest in an
Andrena sp then it could be
Leucophora - and looking at it, although it is different to my two species, I can believe that it could be
Leucophora. Leucophora are inquilines in Andrena nests.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 04-12-2007 20:51
#6
Well, I agree with Jorge that it is an anthomyiid - but why do you think it has something to do with Hymenoptera, Gabor ? - Was it close to some aculeate burrows?
Posted by Xespok on 04-12-2007 21:20
#7
I made this photo on a decaying brick wall, which hosted a large colony of Hymenoptera. Unfortunately I do not know the family of Hymenoptera. There were a few Gasteruptionids and a few of these flies going around and checking out the holes occupied by the wasps.
Note that this fly was small, among the smallest Anthomyiids I have ever seen. cc. 4 mm.
Edited by Xespok on 04-12-2007 21:20