Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which family?
Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 19-08-2008 21:11
#1
From Turkey, 30 may this year. Close to coast in mid south. Along small river in lushly vegetated place.
I thought about Stratiomyidae, but have some doubts too. Could anyone confirm/correct this tentative ID?
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 19-08-2008 21:18
#2
Correct. This is
Hermetia illucens.
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 19-08-2008 21:24
#3
Oh, I just read Turkey. I hope it's not another species.
Posted by Gerard Pennards on 19-08-2008 22:19
#4
Nope, you're quite right Stephane.
Hermetia illucens is now a cosmopolitic species, found on all the continents, I've seen pictures on the net from everywhere.
Greetings
Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 20-08-2008 08:35
#5
Interesting! According to Fauna Europea this species is not known from the Near East, including Asian Turkey. Is FE incomplete, or might this be a first record for Turkey? (Can hardly believe that!)
Edited by Cor Zonneveld on 20-08-2008 08:36
Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 20-08-2008 09:51
#7
Thanks Paul! So FE has a back log, as I expected.... Nevertheless, first observation in 2003 is not that long ago!