Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Shining blach fly (Sepsidae, possibly Themira lucida)
Posted by ebbek on 12-10-2018 19:30
#1
Which group is this - thankful for any ID help?
From a sandy coastal area in south Sweden two days ago.
Krister
Edited by ebbek on 12-10-2018 21:32
Posted by ebbek on 12-10-2018 19:30
#2
Other view
Posted by Jan Willem on 12-10-2018 19:44
#3
Check Sepsidae.
Posted by ebbek on 12-10-2018 19:49
#4
Thanks! Nemopoda I think and will look clooser on that genus....
Krister
Posted by Ectemnius on 12-10-2018 21:06
#5
Hello ebbek,
Nope, a female Themira. Probably T. lucida as that species is also quite common on bird droppings at the coast in the Netehrlands...
Kind regards,
Ectemnius
Posted by ebbek on 12-10-2018 21:31
#6
Thanks a lot! When I look in Pont & Meier (2002) it fits well to lucida or pusilla and females of these two species seems to be very difficult to separate….
Best regards
Krister