Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Heleomyzidae?

Posted by Juergen Peters on 04-12-2006 06:53
#1
Hello!

Is this 5-6 mm fly a Heleomyzidae (Tephrochlamys?), too? Also found on Dec-03 in Ostwestfalen/Germany in our garden. Thanks!

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 04-12-2006 11:13
#2
Hi Juergen.
It isn't Heleomyzidae, but Calyptrate fly.
My guess is Scathophaga (suilla?).
Nikita

Posted by Juergen Peters on 05-12-2006 04:56
#3
Hello, Nikita!

Nikita Vikhrev wrote:
It isn't Heleomyzidae, but Calyptrate fly.
My guess is Scathophaga (suilla?).


Thanks! I must admit, I first thought of a Scatophagid, too. But then the blueish thorax and the relatively small size let me think of Tephrochlamys.