Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly, ID

Posted by Juanravazq on 12-05-2020 12:24
#1
I found this flies in a subnitrophilic grassland
04-05-20, Valencia, Spain
It is posible to say something about its ID?
Greetings

Posted by Paul Beuk on 12-05-2020 12:47
#2
Trixoscelia sp., Heleomyzidae
Edited by Paul Beuk on 12-05-2020 18:39

Posted by Juanravazq on 12-05-2020 17:47
#3
Thank you, Paul

Posted by Sundew on 12-05-2020 21:30
#4
It seems that Trixoscelis ("Trixoscelia" was a typo) is now widely considered as a family of its own, Trixoscelididae. Fauna europaea and GBIF list this family, and our dear Heleomyzidae expert Andrzej Woznica is of the same opinion (e.g. https://www.um.ed...a-2015.pdf).

Posted by Paul Beuk on 13-05-2020 14:44
#5
It used to be a family, became a subfamily and, depending on whose classification you follow might be a family again. Fauna Europaea is far from state of the art ((classification from the first era it was considered to be a separate family) so no reliable reference. I do not like to be like the weather, so I will not change immediately again and stick to subfamily for now.
Edited by Paul Beuk on 13-05-2020 14:45