Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sylvicola sp? (Anisopodidae)
Posted by Isidro on 31-07-2023 11:44
#1
Locality: Bergen, Norway
Date: 17th July 2023
Habitat: On raspberry shrub in a garden near forest
Thanks in advance!
Posted by Juergen Peters on 31-07-2023 20:17
#2
Sylvicola sp. is correct.
Posted by Isidro on 31-07-2023 23:00
#3
Thanks, no chance about species?
Posted by Juergen Peters on 01-08-2023 00:24
#4
Isidro wrote:
Thanks, no chance about species?
Mostly not without dissection.
Posted by Isidro on 01-08-2023 07:12
#5
Found a paper about this genus in Norway:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269335212_The_genus_Sylvicola_Harris_1780_Diptera_Anisopodidae_in_Norway_-_with_a_key_to_the_North_European_species
I don't know which veins are the M1 and M2 or if they're visible in my photo, and I'm unable to follow the keys, but based in distribution of each species, mine is most probably S. punctatus, S. cinctus, S. fenestralis or S. zetterstedti. It can be ruled out any of these species? Paper comments that S. cinctus is the most common one in Norway and given the anthropogenic habitat, there is a high chance that my photo is of this species, I think.
Posted by jck on 02-08-2023 08:07
#6
Your fly appears to have darkened wingtips so it won't be S. punctatus. To the best of my knowledge, Sylvicolas with dark wingtips have to go under the microscope.
James
Posted by Isidro on 02-08-2023 08:42
#7
Many thanks! I guess I must left it at genus level only.