Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Picture-Wing Fly?

Posted by Bruce Marlin on 16-01-2005 20:14
#1

This fly was photographed near Rockford IL USA on JUly 20.
Thanks for any help!
--Bruce
www.diptera.info/forim/5-0159-1.jpg
www.diptera.info/forim/5-0159-2.jpg

Posted by Paul Beuk on 16-01-2005 20:35
#2

Hello Bruce,

This must be Delphinia picta of the family Ulidiidae (former Otitidae), as you wrote, the picture-winged flies. This is the only species in the genus. There are some pictures at Bugguide.net (url]http://bugguide.net/node/view/5919/bgimage[/url]) but most of these are paler in body colour. So, whether that is intraspecific variation or that maybe a closely resembliong species exists, I do not know.

Posted by Bruce Marlin on 16-01-2005 21:28
#3

Wow, thanks Paul. That was quick!
--Bruce