Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Piophilidae, June 05, 2007

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 06-06-2007 15:53
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Size ca. 3.5 mm. Observed around 8 p.m. in an overgrown clearing on a fallen Pinus sylvestris (supported by another tree at 30 degrees, with Clusioides ruficollis on decorticated wood at its broken base). Spent quite a while chasing them up and down the trunk.

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Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 07-06-2007 11:46

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 06-06-2007 15:53
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Another view.

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 06-06-2007 15:54
#3
This one was made indoors.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-06-2007 18:54
#4
With some characters not visible it is not easy for me to run it through the key, but it could be Allopiophila luteata, so Piophilidae and not Psilidae.

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 07-06-2007 08:05
#5
Many thanks Paul - frankly, I suspected it's Piophilidae, so no wonder I ran the key for Psilidae in vain - but why on a tree trunk and not carrion?

Posted by Paul Beuk on 07-06-2007 08:57
#6
Maybe some decaying fungi or other decaying matter give of the same odour as some carrion?

Posted by Andrey Ozerov on 15-06-2007 11:06
#7
Paul is right, Allopiophila luteata (Haliday)

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 15-06-2007 11:17
#8
Many thanks for the confirmation Andrey.