Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Eccoptomera pallescens Meigen (was Heleomyzidae ?)
Posted by AlexP on 11-12-2017 13:27
#1
Could somebody help with this fly? It has Heleomyzidae appearance, with the exception that there are no evident vibrissae. I was unable to reliably associate it with any other family as well as any genus of Heleomyzidae. Collected 21.07.2017 in South Karelia (NW Russia), body size ca. 6 mm.
Edited by AlexP on 12-12-2017 09:30
Posted by AlexP on 11-12-2017 13:28
#2
Head.
Posted by AlexP on 11-12-2017 13:28
#3
Genitalia.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 11-12-2017 15:02
#4
The small eyes and long arista suggest
Eccoptomera. The genitalia are very similar to
E. pallescens - see
http://www.spessa.../hpgs.html There appears to be a scar where the vibrissa should be - I think they have just been knocked off.
Edited by Tony Irwin on 11-12-2017 15:06
Posted by AlexP on 12-12-2017 08:35
#5
Tony, thanks a lot for identification and link!
I thought about
Eccoptomera but was not sure.
And you are right about the scar. It's really there though hardly detectable.
Edited by AlexP on 12-12-2017 08:40