Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Shiny black Brachycera (18.10.22) --> Oscinella cf. nigerrima (Chloropidae)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 20-10-2022 15:15
#1
Hello,

I'm not sure, to which family this 5 mm fly (at fruit bait in our courtyard, northwest Germany) belongs. Sphaeroceridae?
Edited by Juergen Peters on 05-01-2023 18:38

Posted by Juergen Peters on 31-12-2022 02:04
#2
Any ideas?

Posted by Jan Maca on 31-12-2022 10:31
#3
How about Ephydridae?

Posted by Tony Irwin on 31-12-2022 13:28
#4
I'm more inclined to say Chloropidae, (but it's tricky with featureless species!)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 31-12-2022 19:28
#5
Thank you, Jan and Tony!

I was also considering these two families, but was not sure about others with tiny small species, I possibly did not have in mind.

My best wishes for the new year!

Posted by von Tschirnhaus on 05-01-2023 12:23
#6
Chloropidae, Oscinellinae, Oscinella spec., probably O. nigerrima (Macquart, 1835) or O. frit (L., 1758), see many other posts. Surely the fly was smaller than 5mm.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 05-01-2023 18:37
#7
von Tschirnhaus wrote:
Chloropidae, Oscinellinae, Oscinella spec., probably O. nigerrima (Macquart, 1835) or O. frit (L., 1758), see many other posts. Surely the fly was smaller than 5mm.


Thanks a lot!