Posted by
lynkos on 24-08-2006 15:40
#1
Photographed today in a pinewood near Rome, Italy, about 5 mm long. I thought at first it was an Anthomyiidae, then the doubts began and I wondered if it wasn't in fact a Muscidae.
Thanks, Sarah.
#2
Hi Sarah -
Well doubted! Compare
Anthomyia male in
http://www.dipter...#post_5532 to
Limnophora male in
http://www.dipter...post_11001.
Note the comparatively larger, more conical abdomen in the
Limnophora and the smaller, more club-shaped abdomen of
Anthomyia.
I'm not sure that this is
tigrina, but if not, it's a closely related species.