Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Helina ?

Posted by JC_Bartolucci on 29-01-2022 17:34
#1
Hello,

What do you think of this fly? Helina sp. ?

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos296/big/P4261514_modif.jpg
JC Bartolucci : France : Damazan : 47160 : 26/04/2020
Altitude : NR - Taille : 8 mm
Réf. : 296936

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos296/big/P4261515_modif.jpg
JC Bartolucci : France : Damazan : 47160 : 26/04/2020
Altitude : NR - Taille : 8 mm
Réf. : 296937

Thanks in advance

JC
Edited by JC_Bartolucci on 29-01-2022 17:35

Posted by eklans on 30-01-2022 11:25
#2
Hi JC, from what I see it could be a female Helina pertusa.

Posted by JC_Bartolucci on 30-01-2022 14:42
#3
Thank you very much for this answer. Do you think Helina pertusa is "likely" or "very likely"?

Posted by eklans on 30-01-2022 15:28
#4
We cannot see all relevant characters like the katepisternal bristles, and the plumose arista, so I would say likely, not very likely.
It's an eurasian species, appearing from Spain and Greece to Scotland, Sweden and northern Russia - larvae associated with dead wood.