Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Heleomyzid / Anthomyiid ??
#1
This fly is "basking" on the petal of a California Poppy and this is a typical spot to find them. Location: Santa Barbara, California, USA. Length: 5mm. Empodia absent. R4+5 not forked. Frontal suture present. Outer suture on 2nd antennal segment (
corrected). With complete transverse suture (
corrected). Oral vibrissae present. Costa spinose. Postverticals converging. No specimen collected. Family? Genus? Species??
[To remove any confusion I have corrected my original post based on a new photograph.]
Posted by
Xespok on 05-04-2007 21:26
#2
A rather typical male Anthomyiid I think.
Edited by
Xespok on 05-04-2007 21:27
#3
Anthomyiid? . . . but no suture on second antennal segment and no complete transverse suture.
#4
I think I can see the suture on the second antennal segment (right antenna), though. I agree with Xespok about the Anthomyiidae.
Posted by
Xespok on 05-04-2007 21:49
#5
Well, I'd still put my money on Anthomyiidae. But better wait Andrzej than, he is the Heleomyzid expert here. There are also Heleomyzids with this jizz as well.
#6
"I'd still put my money on Anthomyiidae..."
I eat my hat on Anthomyiidae!
#7
I am absolutely certain it is not Heleomyzidae. If it is not Anthomyiidae, then another calyptrate, but I think that will not be the case.
#8
No one eat their hat yet! A different photo I just took shows a second antennal suture and the weakest transverse suture I have ever seen. Anthomyiid it is . . . now, which species?
#9
Anyone with a genus or species name?
#10
Nice photo.
But I wish I have answer in cases of collected Palearctic specimens of this kind...