Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Scathophagidae from Bulgaria -> Norellia cf. tipularia

Posted by exonie on 08-05-2026 19:16
#1
Bulgaria, 15 Apr 2026
Found at the window on a terrace.
Can you identify it?

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Additional photos of femora
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Edited by exonie on 08-05-2026 21:12

Posted by JWV on 08-05-2026 19:41
#2
Hi,

Front femora with two rows of long black spines and tibiae with one row of black spines makes this Norellia. Probably N spinipes but Im not sure.

Best,
Jonne

Posted by exonie on 08-05-2026 20:05
#3
Thank you JWV

Posted by exonie on 08-05-2026 21:08
#4
I've added two more photos on which can be seen midfemur with 5 anteroventral and 3 posteroventral bristles and hindfemur with 4 anteroventral bristles which should make it Norellia tipularia according to "Norellia spinipes (Meigen) in the Netherlands and its distinction from N. tipularia" (Herman de Jong, 1985). Is this correct?