Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly from caves 9 - Lonchaeidae

Posted by Andrius on 16-06-2011 12:21
#1
Hello everyone,
here comes one more fly caught in a cave in Germany in May 2005. Size around 5mm.
Looks a bit Muscidae-like to me. Any other suggestions?
Edited by Andrius on 17-06-2011 08:06

Posted by Andrius on 16-06-2011 12:21
#2
Another view

Posted by Andrius on 16-06-2011 12:22
#3
And ventral view of abdomen

Posted by Tony Irwin on 16-06-2011 13:54
#4
Looks more like Lonchaeidae to me.

Posted by Andrius on 17-06-2011 07:56
#5
Thank you, Tony. Lonchaeidae was one of the options, so I'll dig deeper into it Smile

Posted by Iain MacGowan on 20-06-2011 10:18
#6
yes Lonchaeidae - I think I can see only 4 setae on the scutellum(with no additional hairs) and from what I can see of the slightly hazy genitalia photo it looks like Protearomyia - there is only 1 species in western europe - P. nigra. see http://lonchaeidae.myspecies.info/genus-protearomyia

Posted by Andrius on 20-06-2011 19:11
#7
Thank you, Iain!
This is more than I was hoping to get about this fly.