Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Rhyncomyia nigripes/desertica | A ?Rhiniid from Israel for ID

Posted by evergestis on 21-11-2019 21:50
#1
Israel, Ashdod, 7 November 2019

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Edited by evergestis on 22-11-2019 13:41

Posted by Zeegers on 22-11-2019 08:48
#2
Yes, clearly a Rhyncomyia species, but I am not familiar enough with the middle eastern fauna to tell you more.

Theo

Posted by Paul Beuk on 22-11-2019 09:19
#3
Most likely Rhyncomyia nigripes but desertica cannot be ruled out based on just this image.
Setyaningrum, H., & H.M. Al Dhafer, 2014. The Calliphoridae the blow flies (Diptera: Oestroidea) of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. - Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, A. Entomology 7(1): 49-139. (PDF)
Edited by Paul Beuk on 22-11-2019 09:19

Posted by evergestis on 22-11-2019 13:40
#4
Thank you!