Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Rhinophorid?
Posted by John Bratton on 28-01-2026 19:36
#1
Thanks to Ian Andrews for suggesting Rhinophoridae in another place. I took it through Clemons' 2010 key to Rhinophoridae and Melanophora roralis is a possible. The wing pattern fits a female M. roralis and the halteres are dark. However, the cheeks below the eyes are supposed to be deep and they don't look deep on this one. Wing length 3 mm. Head and body length 3.5 mm. More pictures to follow.
Posted by John Bratton on 28-01-2026 19:37
#2
Good view of wing markings (in alcohol).
Posted by John Bratton on 28-01-2026 19:38
#3
Narrow cheeks (in alcohol).
Posted by John Bratton on 28-01-2026 19:39
#4
Collected 31 July 2025 in limestone grassland at Nant y Gamar near Llandudno, North Wales.
Posted by John Bratton on 28-01-2026 19:40
#5
You have to write something or the photo doesn't load.
Posted by John Bratton on 28-01-2026 19:40
#6
Ditto
Posted by John Bratton on 28-01-2026 19:41
#7
Last one. Any suggestions, please?
Posted by Zeegers on 29-01-2026 11:33
#8
Yes, that is a classical mistake.
It is Catharosia (Tachinidae), which has a reduced postscutellum.......
I guess it is C. pygmaea, check the colouration of both calyptrae
Theo