Thread subject: Diptera.info :: small fly with dotted abdomen oviposits in wood fungus

Posted by Sundew on 26-06-2012 18:30
#1
Hi,
Some days ago, while examining the trunk of an old dead beech, I found a small fly that oviposited around a small wet wood fungus. It looked a bit lauxaniidish, but I may be wrong. An ID is very much appreciated!
Thanks, Sundew

Posted by Sundew on 26-06-2012 18:31
#2
More pics.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 26-06-2012 19:20
#3
Drosophilidae. Looks like a Leucophenga. (No key to hand)
Edited by Tony Irwin on 26-06-2012 19:23

Posted by Paul Beuk on 26-06-2012 19:47
#4
Leucophenga maculata

Posted by Sundew on 26-06-2012 20:35
#5
Well, I saw the pictures of Leucophenga maculata in the gallery but found the colour distinctly different. Mine lacks the shiny white frons as well as the broad white shoulders (there is just a trace to be seen), and the thorax is not so dark grey. So this species seems to be very variable! A case for the gallery...
Thanks to both of you indeed.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 26-06-2012 21:12
#6
Difference between male and female...

Posted by Sundew on 27-06-2012 10:05
#7
Ah - as all (except one neutral) gallery pics pretend to show females, there is a lot of wrong labelling then Shock.