Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Slow Fly

Posted by GlassOWater on 30-09-2007 15:55
#1
This one usually comes in dozens. It moves unbelievably slow for a fly. What is this?

Picture taken in Jerusalem, on the 5th of August this year.

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 30-09-2007 19:24
#2
I think Lauxaniidae, Minettia

Posted by Paul Beuk on 30-09-2007 20:42
#3
M. fasciata group.

Posted by GlassOWater on 30-09-2007 22:45
#4
Thanks. I found this http://www.dipter...load_id=60 interesting paper about the group, which also includes a key. A few pages down, there is also a description of the relevant species. I'm too sleepy now to try and understand all the diptera-talk now, but I'll probably try tomorrow.

Posted by GlassOWater on 01-10-2007 11:34
#5
OK, so I had a look at the descriptions, and seems to me like M. czernyi. I added a picture with the characteristics I found. I'm not sure these are all correct, so I'll be happy for more help.