Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lonchaeidae?
Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 27-03-2007 20:42
#1
Today I found at least ten of these little black flies sunning on a rock at Leerdam, Netherlands. Length a few mm. Could they be Lonchaeidae perhaps?
Thanks in advance!
Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 27-03-2007 20:42
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pic 2
Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 27-03-2007 20:43
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pic 3
Posted by Susan R Walter on 28-03-2007 13:36
#4
Not Lonchaeidae, which is acalyptrate. This is clearly a calyptrate fly - you can see the thoracic suture.
Posted by Kahis on 28-03-2007 18:05
#5
Anthomyiidae...
Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 28-03-2007 18:46
#6
Thanks, Susan and Kahis.
They come in all shapes and forms, those Anthomyiidae :o