Thread subject: Diptera.info :: 3. Fruit fly like flies. Do you know the family?

Posted by Xespok on 02-03-2005 03:10
#1

Photo made in Japan.
www.diptera.info/forim/5-0187-1.jpg

Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-03-2005 07:49
#2

This one is a little tricky. Both in Lauxaniidae and Lonchaeidae you find similar kind of flies that resemble this one. Since in Lauxaniidae these often have somewhat elongated antennae and more erect setae on the thorax, I assume that this is Lonchaeidae.