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A new day, a new family
[Had to stop the Sciomyzidae, no answers yesterday ]
A beautyful fly on a thistle in a dry sunny biotop (rocks). Would be glad for any hint now. Frank

Austria / Tirol: Hochfinstermunz, Innschlucht, 1100m, VIII.2005

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Hi Frank,

Looks like Campiglossa absinthii, although the second hyaline spot in cell R4+5 is too big. Did you by any chance collect the specimen?
A second look, seems te reveal that the apical scutellar bristles are hardly developped, which would say it should be a Dioxyna rather than a Campiglossa, on the other hand the wingpattern is far too well pronounced for a Dioxyna. So having a specimen at hand would be very usefull.

Cheers John

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Hi John, that sounds difficult. I catch every specimen - if possible. I?m not interested in collecting flies (there are to many uncollected beetles), so everybody can have everything. But it?s also possible to take more photos, if I know, which part should be extra sharp Greetings Frank

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Hi Frank,

If you have this specimen I would absolutely be interested to study it.
I'll send you my address.

Best wishes,

John