Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Neossos broersei (de Meijere, 1946) ?
Posted by Pierre-Yves on 28-10-2020 00:20
#1
Hello Everybody,
I come to request your help. I need to identify a tiny Heleomozydea fly (body lenght less than 2 mm) caught this summer in a trap for necrophagous insects in my garden in south of French Brittany.
1+3 ac
Costal vein with spines
Anal vein doesn't reach wing margin
May be it could be the unknown male of
Neossos broersei (de Meijere, 1946) -
Chiropteromyzidae
Thank you in advance for your help.
P-Y :)
Edited by Pierre-Yves on 28-10-2020 00:35
Posted by Tony Irwin on 28-10-2020 10:06
#2
The group was revised recently - see Rohaček, J. 2018 European Chiropteromyzidae (Diptera): Taxonomic revision, nomenclature, classification and preimaginal stages.
Annales Zoologici (Warszawa), 2018,
68(2): 281-316
Posted by Ectemnius on 28-10-2020 11:53
#3
Hi Pierre-Yves,
Yes this is Neossos broersei, very nice find! The easiest way to find this species is by getting the debris off the bottom of a Barn owl (Tyto alba) nest box. Last spring I was able to breed at least a hundred specimens in a month.
Currently I'm finishing a paper with three necrophagous species new for the fauna of France. If you would be interested in that, send me a pm.
Kind regards,
Ectemnius
Posted by Pierre-Yves on 28-10-2020 13:48
#4
Thank you very much to each of you for your help.
I found Rohaček, J. 2018 reference on ResearchGate web site last nigth after sending this post. I noticed that my pictures are not the best to confirm identification.
I am very interesting by your paper Ectemnius ! I am writing too about flies of Acartophthalmidae family found in same area in 2019 and 2020 and known to be sapro-necrophagous species, specially
A. bicolor. I send to you my E-mail adress ;)
Thank you again,
P-Y :)