Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Dark-winged Cecidomyiidae

Posted by Daniel Blyton on 01-05-2021 09:22
#1
Found this fly in my greenhouse yesterday (30th April 2021), North Essex (VC19). It has been identified as a cecidomyiid but no further. I am not at all familiar with this family and am hoping the characteristic looking wing markings may allow an identification please.

I still have the fly potted.

Posted by John Carr on 01-05-2021 14:42
#2
Supertribe Cecidomyiidi, possibly Lestodiplosis.

Posted by Daniel Blyton on 01-05-2021 17:11
#3
Thanks, John. Checked the UK list and there are 39 species. Don't suppose there is a key available that you know of?

Posted by John Carr on 02-05-2021 20:58
#4
Daniel Blyton wrote:
Thanks, John. Checked the UK list and there are 39 species. Don't suppose there is a key available that you know of?


I know of no way to identify these even with a specimen.