Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chloropidae of Normandy. Which species?-< Elachiptera bimaculata

Posted by Roy on 16-11-2022 16:34
#1
Hello,
this small fly was found in Normandy bocage, on the edge of a ditch, 25 October 2022.Body length : 3 mm.
Locality : Noron la poterie-Calvados-France
Is it possible to get species ?
Thank you by advance.
Christian

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos315/big/Chloropidae-hl%20x25-T.%202%20mm.-Noron%20la%20poterie-14490-Bocage%20fosse-25%2010%202022_00001.jpg
roy : France : Noron-la-Poterie : 14490 : 25/10/2022
Altitude : NR - Taille : 3 mm.
Réf. : 315267

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos315/big/Chloropidae-hd%20x25-T.%202%20mm.-Noron%20la%20poterie-14490-Bocage%20fosse-25%2010%202022_00001.jpg
roy : France : Noron-la-Poterie : 14490 : 25/10/2022
Altitude : NR - Taille : 3 mm.
Réf. : 315268
Edited by Roy on 22-11-2022 22:11

Posted by von Tschirnhaus on 17-11-2022 19:07
#2
Chloropidae, Oscinellinae: Elachiptera bimaculata (Loew, 1845). See posts for further images of bimaculata. Third antennal segments (= first flagellomeres) are broken off. Yellow frons and scutellum, the latter with two pairs of yellow projections, basic colour of thorax yellow.

Posted by Roy on 18-11-2022 16:57
#3
Thank you very much for your quick answer.Smile

Best regards.

Christian