Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unknown orange-red fly

Posted by Juergen Peters on 24-06-2005 21:33
#1
Hello!

Can anybody tell me the family, genus or - at best - species name of this small (8-10 mm) fly I found today here in Ostwestfalen/Germany on a hedge near a brook? Thanks in advance!

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Posted by Kahis on 25-06-2005 12:13
#2
It's a psilid, probably of genus Psila - yellow species of Chamaepsila and Psilosoma are smaller.

8-10mm is hardly a small fly! The majority of flies are much smaller and the smallest ones are hardly 1mm long.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 25-06-2005 17:20
#3
Hello, Kahis!

Thank you for your answer!

Kahis wrote:
It's a psilid, probably of genus Psila - yellow species of Chamaepsila and Psilosoma are smaller.

8-10mm is hardly a small fly! The majority of flies are much smaller and the smallest ones are hardly 1mm long.


Yes, I know. ;-) What I wanted to say was that it was not a large one like Sarcophaga, Tachina or the big Laphria I saw yesterday (but wasn't able to take a picture of :-(), but also not a very tiny one.