Thread subject: Diptera.info :: family for ID => Chrysopilus asiliformis?

Posted by basileus on 11-12-2020 17:27
#1
Is it possible to identify the family/genus of this fly by such foto? Ukraine, July, in garden
Edited by basileus on 02-06-2021 11:07

Posted by Roger Thomason on 11-12-2020 17:36
#2
Rhagionidae and maybe Chrysophilus asiliformis

Posted by basileus on 11-12-2020 17:45
#3
Roger Thomason wrote:
Rhagionidae and maybe Chrysophilus asiliformis


Thank you

Posted by evdb on 26-05-2021 16:05
#4
Chrysophilus or Chrysopilus ?

Posted by John Carr on 26-05-2021 18:15
#5
evdb wrote:
Chrysophilus or Chrysopilus ?


Chrysopilus, meaning golden hair. This is a female. There was a popular song of the 1970s called "Sister Golden Hair".

Posted by Zeegers on 27-05-2021 07:18
#6
But I doubt Macquart was aware of that ... Smile

it is originally a fairytale

Theo.