Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fungus fly from near Rome, Italy

Posted by lynkos on 16-07-2005 09:48
#1
I think these two photos depict the same Diptera, although I'm not 100% certain. I spotted it often on various types of fungus last year in a holm oak and pine wood near Rome in Italy. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance, Sarah
www.diptera.info/forim/5-0502-1.jpg

Posted by lynkos on 16-07-2005 09:49
#2
Photo no. 2
www.diptera.info/forim/5-0502-2.jpg

Posted by Paul Beuk on 16-07-2005 10:29
#3
These are pictures of a Helomyzidae, genus Suillia. One of the species in the genus with wings marked like this is S. variagata, but I do not know if there are any other species like it in Italy.

Posted by lynkos on 16-07-2005 11:29
#4
Thanks again Paul. We certainly have Suillia variagata in my part of Italy, along with quite a few others of the same genus. Suillia sp. is certainly near enough for me at the moment! Sarah