Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tiny wingless Brachycera

Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-10-2007 21:00
#1
Hello!

This only 1.5-2 mm long fly sat on a fence stake today (Ostwestfalen/Germany). What could it be? Sphaeroceridae?

Posted by Tony Irwin on 07-10-2007 21:29
#2
Not certain, but I think this is Elachiptera brevipennis (Chloropidae).

Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-10-2007 21:39
#3
Hello, Tony!

Tony Irwin wrote:
Not certain, but I think this is Elachiptera brevipennis (Chloropidae).


Of course: the head reminded me of a Chloropid (I think I see a black ocellar triangle), but I had never heard of a (nearly) wingless Chloropid! Thanks!