Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Stratiomyidae?

Posted by Rui Andrade on 25-01-2008 21:47
#1
Can anyone help me with this fly? Unfortunatelly I don't have a dorsal view.

location: Barcelos, Portugal
date: 2007/07/08

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Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 25-01-2008 22:12
#2
Shock
i hope you have this specimen.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 25-01-2008 23:14
#3
I'd say Scenopinus.

Posted by Rui Andrade on 26-01-2008 12:45
#4
Thanks Paul. Does anyone else have an opinion?

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 26-01-2008 14:46
#5
I have the same opinion.Wink as I told you in msn, it is Scenopinidae. Pfft

I think Paul is right about the genus.

Steve will say more. He is an expert on this family too. Wink
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 26-01-2008 14:48

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 26-01-2008 14:59
#6
S. bulbapennis and S. glabrifrons are the species known for Portugal.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 26-01-2008 17:59
#7
Most probably niger and fenestralis can be found there as well.

Posted by Rui Andrade on 27-01-2008 13:04
#8
Thank you very much Paul and JorgeSmile.

In the future I will be on the lookout for the flyWink.