Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Flat-footed fly ?
Posted by
LordV on 03-05-2007 22:26
#1
Taken today South coast Uk about 4mm body length
Platypezidae?
Thanks
Brian V.
Obviously should have looked at the thread below- there's obviously an outbreak of them in Sussex
Eudorylas.
Edited by
LordV on 03-05-2007 22:28
#2
wow! Another Pipunculidae fly! I want to see these, and never found them.
do you know where in which plant this fly was?
Posted by
conopid on 03-05-2007 22:47
#3
Hi,
Try sweepnetting (not too violently though, as these are very delicate and small flies) in vegetation, partcularly grassy places in woodland.
Good luck.
Posted by
LordV on 03-05-2007 22:50
#4
jorgemotalmeida wrote:
wow! Another Pipunculidae fly! I want to see these, and never found them.
do you know where in which plant this fly was?
Hi Jorge- it was on a rhododendron leaf
Brian V.
#5
Probably another
Eudorylas.
And for the record: The only delicate thing about the flies is the attachment of the head to the thorax. Too violent movement and the head may fall off. Otherwise, they are just as sturdy as, say, hoverflies.
#6
Not
Eudorylas but
Pipunculus, mesonotum uniformly covered in hair, looks like a female
P. campestris to me.
#7
In my memory
Pipunculus had longer hairs, but it's been a while since I properly looked at pipunculids.
