Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lonchaeidae?

Posted by Juergen Peters on 02-08-2007 18:06
#1
Hello!

Is this 4 mm fly from yesterday on Tanacetum vulgare (Ostwestfalen/Germany) a Lonchaeid? If so, I think further identification is impossible (?).

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 02-08-2007 18:09
#2
yes! A lonchaeid. Perhaps Lonchaea sp.
Here they are rather common. Usually we can find them in swarming. Smile

Posted by Juergen Peters on 02-08-2007 18:13
#3
Hello, Jorge!

jorgemotalmeida wrote:
yes! A lonchaeid. Perhaps Lonchaea sp.
Here they are rather common. Usually we can find them in swarming. Smile


Thanks for confirmation! They are not rare here, too, but I have always only seen them as single individuals in the lower vegetation.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 02-08-2007 18:15
#4
yes! We can find them resting in long periods of time on stems.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-08-2007 18:38
#5
Could be Setsquamalonchaea.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 02-08-2007 19:34
#6
Paul Beuk wrote:
Could be Setsquamalonchaea.


Much too long name to bear an additional 'i'... WinkWinkWink

Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-08-2007 21:28
#7
LoL

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 02-08-2007 21:51
#8
Setsquaimalonchaea are you happy now? Smile (all vogals right nowSmile
Of course this is a fictional name. Smile

But the name Strongylophthalmyidae is even worst! Someone forgot "u" letter. Sad snif. Sad