Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bibionidae ID => Penthetria funebris (m)

Posted by basileus on 13-05-2023 22:14
#1
Is it possible to identify this fly by such foto? Found near mountain river in May. Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains.
Edited by basileus on 14-05-2023 12:02

Posted by basileus on 13-05-2023 22:14
#2
basileus wrote:
Is it possible to identify this fly by such foto? Found near mountain river in May. Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains.

Posted by Roger Thomason on 14-05-2023 09:40
#3
Not Family Bibionidae - Pleciidae; Penthetria funebris Male.

https://diptera.i...to_id=2992

Posted by basileus on 14-05-2023 12:02
#4
Roger Thomason wrote:
Not Family Bibionidae - Pleciidae; Penthetria funebris Male.

https://diptera.i...to_id=2992


Thank you!

Posted by Jan Willem on 14-05-2023 13:38
#5
Penthetria funebris looks okay, but it is actually (as far as I know) a member of the family Bibionidae and not Pediciidae.
Edited by Jan Willem on 14-05-2023 13:38

Posted by Roger Thomason on 14-05-2023 16:01
#6
Jan Willem wrote:
Penthetria funebris looks okay, but it is actually (as far as I know) a member of the family Bibionidae and not Pediciidae.


It seems to be that way Jan Willem, even BugGuide have it under Bibionidae. Time for Paul to do a bit of updating in the Gallery Wink

https://bugguide....096/bgpage

https://diptera.i...bum_id=107
Edited by Roger Thomason on 14-05-2023 16:03