Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ephydridae fly

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 30-04-2007 17:15
#1
Hi

* locality - Silgueiros - Viseu - PORTUGAL
* date - 2007.04.29
* size - 4 mm (small fly)
* habitat - woodland (many ferns (some small trees..), Fagus spp., Pinus spp., Acacia sp., Urtica sp., and others)
* substrate - Near urtica and a small streamer


Ephydridae... which one?

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 30-04-2007 17:15
#2
another view...

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 30-04-2007 17:19
#3
head profile...strange face. awkward

I didn?t use glue. Grin The best way is silk thread to hang the flies in the stick. Grin ehe
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 30-04-2007 17:21

Posted by Kahis on 30-04-2007 17:31
#4
Parydra (Ephydridae).

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 30-04-2007 17:34
#5
thanks, Jere. Wink It could be P. aquila? Grin

Posted by Tony Irwin on 30-04-2007 18:38
#6
Hi Jorge
Not Parydra aquila - that has very short head bristles. This looks very much like P. coarctata, but you may have other species in Portugal that are similar.