Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Clusiodes? --> confirmed

Posted by Juergen Peters on 16-08-2008 19:42
#1

Hello!

I just found this 5 mm fly in the shade at our house (northwest Germany). I think, this must be a Clusiidae. Perhaps Clusiodes ruficollis?

Edited by Juergen Peters on 17-08-2008 20:39

Posted by Juergen Peters on 16-08-2008 19:42
#2

Another picture.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 16-08-2008 19:59
#3

it is a clusiid. ;)

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 16-08-2008 22:03
#4

Clusioides cf. ruficollis, according to my collection, but I am not an expert.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 16-08-2008 23:48
#5

Hello, Jorge and Valery!

Thanks for your confirmations!

Posted by Jan Willem on 17-08-2008 12:46
#6

It is difficult to judge about presence or absence of bristles. For example are pre-sutural dorsocentrals present or not? If no pre-sutural dosocentrals are present then I think C. ruficollis is correct.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 17-08-2008 20:38
#7

Hello, Jan Willem!

Thank you, too!