Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lonchaea chorea? (Lonchaeidae)

Posted by Susan R Walter on 21-05-2006 22:07
#1
Is this Lonchaea chorea? Male, 4mm, on flowering Myrrhis odorata Sweet Cicely, Preston Montford Field Studies Centre, near Shrewsbury, north west England, 16 May 2006.

Posted by Kahis on 21-05-2006 22:34
#2
No luck this time. It belongs to Fannia (Fannidae) near the mucids.

Posted by Iain MacGowan on 22-05-2006 09:21
#3
Yes - I agree - too many bristles on the legs to be a Lonchaeid - never mind Susan there will be a handbook to the British Lonchaeidae arriving shortly which should help with identification .... Iain

Posted by Susan R Walter on 22-05-2006 12:30
#4
Many thanks - Fannia is just as 'useful', as I have been wanting to get to grips with them too.

I'll keep an eye out for the new handbook - will you post something on this website to let us know when it is available?