Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Our town park: family unknown (4)

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 24-06-2006 19:43
#1
Here's another result of today's fly hunting (fruitful yet exhaustive because of all of these heat and humidity; even Culicidae seem to be not very happy with it, Tabanidae being more abundant - I'm wearing marks of their bites).

June 24, 2006.
Size 3mm. Maybe... Pallopteridae again?!...

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 24-06-2006 19:44
#2
Another view.

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 24-06-2006 19:56
#3
Lauxaniidae again.
I think Homoneura.
Nikita

Posted by Kahis on 24-06-2006 20:29
#4
Palloptera umbrellatarum. The characteristic round dark spot on at the center of the anal vein is faintly visible in the 2nd photo.

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 24-06-2006 20:40
#5
Thanks Kahis - now it seems my eyes become more trained on Pallopteridae Smile

Posted by Jan Willem on 25-06-2006 13:51
#6
Hi Dima,

I totally agree with Kahis. Palloptera umbellatarum is a rather common pallopterid. There is another species (i.e. Palloptera modesta) that looks quite similar. However in Palloptera modesta there is no spot on the anal vein and it has hairs on the mesopleuron.

Jan Willem

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 25-06-2006 17:00
#7
Thanks Jan for additional info and further confirming of ID.