Thread subject: Diptera.info :: small fly
#1
Moscow region, june, about 3-4mm.
I think for me it is some new family
Posted by
Zeegers on 20-06-2005 15:07
#2
Based on the eye-pattern, it could be Phosphuga demandata in the small family of Uliidae.
Theo Zeegers
#4
Theo may be right, but my guess would have been Lauxaniidae!
Jan Willem
Posted by
Andre on 20-06-2005 22:31
#5
Looking at the antennae, I would follow JeeWee...
#6
for this shape of antenna in Lauxaniidae, cf my post at
http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=360
this shape has evolved in several families.. but now i forgot in what other fly family i've seen it before..
#7
ah, right, now i remember: in Loxocera, Psilidae you see a similarly elongated 3rd antenna segment:
http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=419
how useful this forum is! louis
Posted by
Kahis on 21-06-2005 07:24
#8
I also 'vote' for Lauxaniidae. The long 3rd segment of antenna is typical for
Lauxania, so my guess is the most common species of this genus,
L. cylindricornis.
There's a picture of this fly in an old thread:
http://www.dipter...ead_id=360
Edited by
Kahis on 21-06-2005 07:28