Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tiny fly on Achillea millefolium

Posted by Juergen Peters on 25-07-2005 17:06
#1
Hello!

This only 3-4 mm long, slender fly with thick hind femora I photographed yesterday on a meadow here in Ostwestfalen/Germany. Can someone tell me the family or even the genus? Thanks in advance!

insekteninfos.de/diptera/2407/Tiny_fly.jpg
Edited by Juergen Peters on 25-07-2005 17:08

Posted by Jan Willem on 25-07-2005 17:52
#2
Looks like a chloropid to me, but I have no idea about the genus.

Jan Willem

Posted by Paul Beuk on 25-07-2005 23:28
#3
Is Meromyza not the only genus of the group of similar chloropids with thickened femora?

Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-07-2005 18:03
#4
Hello!

Paul Beuk wrote:
Is Meromyza not the only genus of the group of similar chloropids with thickened femora?


Thanks to you both! I have found pictures of Meromyza (saltatrix) that look very much like my fly.