Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Platystomatidae

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 02-10-2006 16:57
#1
Turkey, pine forest, 02 okt, 5-6mm
Rivellia?

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 02-10-2006 16:58
#2
or Ulidiidae?

Posted by John Smit on 07-10-2006 11:53
#3
My guess would be Ulidiidae, genus Herina.
Wingpattern looks typically Herina.

Best wishes,

John

Posted by Xespok on 07-10-2006 12:31
#4
Could well be Herina tristis, which is known to have a Mediterranean distribution pattern.

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 07-10-2006 17:33
#5
Thank you John and Xespok.
I've got Herina tristis too.
During the trip I hadn't enought time to key fly. Now I did it completely, from family ID, and I knew that to distinguish Platystomatidae and Ulidiidae one has to check size and shape of a cell.
Nikita