Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sphaeroceridae, ? from Romania

Posted by cosmln on 11-01-2008 01:02
#1
HI,

photographed this fly in 8 January.
more than 10 exemplary seen in very small flies over the snow, more like some kind of leaps. size around 4-5 mm.
one exemplary collected if something more special needed to be seen.
it is Lotophila atra from Sphaeroceridae?

thanks in advance for your help,
cosmln

[EDIT]: title changed
Edited by cosmln on 11-01-2008 02:09

Posted by cosmln on 11-01-2008 01:04
#2
last photo

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 11-01-2008 01:57
#3
Sphaeroceridae yes... BUT not Lotophila atra. For example, the scutum is very bristly. All legs very dark. Not the case for L. atra where in basal tibia has a yellowish hue (less than basal half). Also this seems to have more tomentum on scutum than the L. atra.
Tony Irwin or Paul will help here. Wink

Posted by cosmln on 11-01-2008 02:07
#4
jorgemotalmeida wrote:
Sphaeroceridae yes... BUT not Lotophila atra. For example, the scutum is very bristly. All legs very dark. Not the case for L. atra where in basal tibia has a yellowish hue (less than basal half). Also this seems to have more tomentum on scutum than the L. atra.
Tony Irwin or Paul will help here. Wink


Thanks Jorge,
i will update thread title.
cosmln

Posted by Paul Beuk on 11-01-2008 08:20
#5
Crumomyia sp.

Posted by cosmln on 11-01-2008 10:25
#6
Paul Beuk wrote:
Crumomyia sp.


thanks Paul,

this particular exemplar is collected.
when mount this one is possible to tell more. need some specific part to be photographed to help identification?

cosmln