Thread subject: Diptera.info :: 6. Fruit fly like flies. Do you know the family?

Posted by Xespok on 02-03-2005 03:13
#1
Photo made in Japan.
www.diptera.info/forim/5-0190-1.jpg

Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-03-2005 07:59
#2
My suggestion is a small species of the Dolichopodidae.

Posted by Xespok on 02-03-2005 08:30
#3
Looks quite different from the Dolichopodidae I know. The usually seen Dolichopodidae in Japan are long-legged like the presumed Sciapus nebulosus attached or the other common species Dolichopus nitidus.
www.diptera.info/forim/5-0190-2.jpg

Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-03-2005 08:39
#4
In general you are right about the longish legs in this family. They are called long-legged flies for a reason. Wink Still, the are several exceptions. The long legs are already shorter in a genus like Medetera (see: http://www.dipter..._id=80#285), but in genera like Chrysotus and Chrysotimus, the legs are really shortish. Still, if someone has a better alternative, I am open to it.