Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Stratiomyidae

Posted by Ben Hamers on 05-02-2008 12:19
#1
Should be subfamily Pachygasterinae.
I found this one in July inside the house (Southern Limburg).
Size about 2,5 mm.

Ben
Edited by Ben Hamers on 21-05-2012 19:11

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 05-02-2008 12:50
#2
Neopachygaster?

Posted by Ben Hamers on 05-02-2008 13:06
#3
I thought of that Jorge, but when I compare with Black's
Neopachygaster meromelas (the only Neopachygaster listed for the Netherlands) in the Gallery my fly misses the darkened femora.

Ben

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 05-02-2008 13:21
#4
yep. True. But it is other Neopachygaster. Wink
Wing venation is right for this genus. Take a look on scutum. It has proeminences in both sides.
Your fly seems to be a male.
I can be wrong though.

Posted by Zeegers on 05-02-2008 17:57
#5
It's a male of Pachygaster leachii.
The difference in colouration of the legs - as well observed by Ben- is decisive.
See Brugge, 2002 for the dutch Stratiomyiidae.


Theo

Posted by Ben Hamers on 05-02-2008 20:43
#6
Thanks a lot Jorge and Theo,

Ben

Posted by Andre on 06-02-2008 00:04
#7
Found inside houses more than once! I found one in the middle of Amsterdam inside an apartment Smile