Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Heleomyzidae (? I hope :) from Canaries

Posted by michal tkoc on 05-04-2010 01:42
#1
Very strange, very big 9-10 mm, it keyed out as Heleomyzidae, but I am not really sure. Tenerife, Anaga mts, Las Mercedes, 25.II.-25.III. 2010, Beer trap

Posted by michal tkoc on 05-04-2010 01:42
#2

Posted by Andrzej on 05-04-2010 11:12
#3
Suillia sp. It is a female but very interesting for taxonomic studies.
Andrzej
Edited by Andrzej on 05-04-2010 11:14

Posted by michal tkoc on 05-04-2010 11:25
#4
In the checklist of Canary Islands are only 2 species:
Suillia oceana (Palma, Gomera, Tenerife, GC)
Suillia setitarsis (Hierro, Palma, Gomera, Tenerife, GC)
but I have no clue how do they look like... You do?

Posted by Andrzej on 05-04-2010 11:43
#5
This specimen look like S. oceana !
Andzrej