Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Mystery fly
Posted by Rudi on 10-07-2017 06:34
#1
Would like to know the family if possible. Collected in Matapouri Bay New Zealand during summer 2016\2017.
Maybe Helcomyzidae?
Edited by Rudi on 10-07-2017 07:21
Posted by Rudi on 10-07-2017 06:36
#2
Here a lateral view
Edited by Rudi on 10-07-2017 06:40
Posted by Rudi on 10-07-2017 06:41
#3
Dorsal view of the same
Posted by Rudi on 10-07-2017 08:33
#4
Just don't know
Edited by Rudi on 10-07-2017 09:54
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 10-07-2017 12:25
#5
Seems very interesting Helcomyzidae.
Paractora species ?
Posted by John Carr on 10-07-2017 12:42
#6
According to Marshall's book on flies, Helcomyzidae lack vibrissae. Maybe Canacidae.
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 10-07-2017 13:07
#7
Oops, you're right John.
Posted by Rudi on 11-07-2017 06:45
#8
Thanks John, Canacidae looks about right.
Posted by Rudi on 27-09-2017 06:56
#9
The fly is
Tethinosoma fulvifrons (Horaismopterinae: Canacidae), endemic to New Zealand