Thread subject: Diptera.info :: According Susan: LBJ in Diptera (little BLACK job)

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 20-03-2006 19:18
#1
Well, this is a final step of my evolution (or degradation) from photografer to entomologist. This time I have no live image at all, only collected fly.
Could you check my ID as Milichia ludens?
Sochi region, 05march, about 1,5mm, dry last year grass on horse pasture.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 20-03-2006 19:42
#2
Another ephydrid. The branching of the arista is quite characteristic for the family and well visible.

Posted by Kahis on 20-03-2006 20:32
#3
I just checked some specimens: this fly is a Psilopa (Ephydridae). If the antennae are all black (looks like they are) I'd bet it is P. polita.

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 20-03-2006 21:03
#4
Than, not entomologist yetSad
Thank you Paul and Kahis.
Antennae are black excluding inner side of 3-d segment which looks rather brown than black.
Nikita