Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Phoridae? ---> Sphaeroceridae and Ephydridae

Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-11-2006 02:19
#1
Hello!

Coming to the Brachycera... Also from our garden in Ostwestfalen/Germany yesterday, three very tiny flies. The first one at a banana was only about 1.5 mm, the other two 2 mm. The third has remarkeably striped wings. I'm not sure about the family (not even if they all belong to the same family), could they be Phoridae? Thanks for any hints!

www.foto-upload.de/diptera/061125/Brachycera_spp_1_5mm.jpg
www.foto-upload.de/diptera/061125/Brachycera_spp_2mm.jpg
www.foto-upload.de/diptera/061125/Brachycera_spp_2mm_gestreift.jpg
Edited by Juergen Peters on 26-11-2006 19:33

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 26-11-2006 08:02
#2
I'd say Sphaeroceridae.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 26-11-2006 09:04
#3
Except the bottom one that is Ephydridae.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-11-2006 09:45
#4
Hello, Nikita and Paul!

Nikita Vikhrev wrote:
I'd say Sphaeroceridae.


Paul Beuk wrote:
Except the bottom one that is Ephydridae.


Ups... I see, I have a lot to learn :-). Thanks!

Posted by Tony Irwin on 26-11-2006 15:16
#5
The ephydrid is Limnellia, probably quadrata, though the wing pattern is difficult to make out.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-11-2006 19:23
#6
Hello, Tony!

Tony Irwin wrote:
The ephydrid is Limnellia, probably quadrata, though the wing pattern is difficult to make out.


Thanks a lot! I had never seen such a fly before.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 27-11-2006 20:43
#7
Hello!

Juergen Peters wrote:
I had never seen such a fly before.


Today there were several at our house wall. Smile