Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Palloptera?

Posted by Moo on 31-07-2008 16:48
#1
Wings, at least, look right for pallopteridae.. Not so sure about the body though..

Yorkshire, England. 31st July 2008

Posted by phil withers on 31-07-2008 16:52
#2
Yes: the ovipositor is quite typical.

Posted by Moo on 31-07-2008 20:46
#3
Thanks

So.. Palloptera umbellatarum, female?

Posted by phil withers on 31-07-2008 23:14
#4
Looks OK to me, but I don't have every species for comparison.

Posted by Jan Willem on 01-08-2008 06:16
#5
Yes no doubt, female Palloptera umbellatarum.