Thread subject: Diptera.info :: long fly, big complex eyes, short antennae (CH) -> Stratiomyidae, Beris chalybata

Posted by AdrianBothe on 26-04-2022 09:47
#1

Dear all,
on 23.04.2022 I found this fly in a forest on the underside of a grass leaf. Do you know which species this is? Thank you in advance!
Best, Adrian

Edited by AdrianBothe on 26-04-2022 20:37

Posted by eklans on 26-04-2022 10:30
#2

Hi Adrian, it's a male of the Stratiomyidae - could be Beris sp. (chalybata?), but for me not enough details to be sure.

Posted by Zeegers on 26-04-2022 11:36
#3

Yeap, that is the male B. chalybata.

Theo

Posted by AdrianBothe on 26-04-2022 20:38
#4

Thank you very much Eric and Theo!