Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Brachycera from Japan 4
Posted by Xespok on 06-03-2006 21:26
#1
Maybe a Lauxaniid fly?
Posted by Jan Willem on 06-03-2006 21:59
#2
That would also be my guess.
Jan Willem
Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-03-2006 22:11
#3
I'd rather suggest one of the Lonchaeidae.
Posted by Jan Willem on 07-03-2006 09:07
#4
Yes Paul, I have to admit, that's more likely.
Posted by Iain MacGowan on 07-03-2006 11:32
#5
Yes I agree - given the very broad thorax and the entire fly being apparently black it is most probably Lonchaeidae, with the long antennal flagellomere probably belonging to the genus
Silba or maybe even
Lonchaea Very little seems to be known about Japanese Lonchaeids so if anyone has any let me know
Posted by Xespok on 07-03-2006 11:41
#6
Maybe this lateral view helps to solve this problem
Lateral view of the same individual
Very little is known about Lonchaetidae of Japan, indeed.
Edited by Xespok on 07-03-2006 11:42
Posted by Iain MacGowan on 07-03-2006 13:16
#7
Yes definitely Lonchaeidae -with yellow basal tarsomeres looks like a Lonchaea species but with very long antennal flagellomere - not one I recognise
Posted by Xespok on 07-03-2006 16:30
#8
Thx!
This species is not likely to be the same as
the Presumed Lonchaeidae on this image.
There are only two species of Lonchaeridae listed on the main island Honshu in the Japanese insect database, Lonchaea sylvatica Beling, 1873 and Silba excisa (Kertesz, 1901).
Would the other image be a Silba sp?
Edited by Xespok on 07-03-2006 16:32
Posted by Paul Beuk on 07-03-2006 16:43
#9
hmm, do I see a calypter on that image?
Posted by Xespok on 07-03-2006 18:02
#10
Lonchaeidae is your ID Paul :-)
Edited by Xespok on 07-03-2006 18:02
Posted by Paul Beuk on 07-03-2006 20:47
#11
I feared as much... :(