Thread subject: Diptera.info :: What Family is this tiny fly
Posted by conopid on 25-08-2008 23:30
#1
Tiny fly with quite unusual antenna & arista shape. Can anyone say what family this is likely to be. 2.5mm length (tip of antenna to tip of abdomen).
Also the fly has a dark semi circular mark on each eye (it's been dead one day).
Edited by conopid on 25-08-2008 23:31
Posted by conopid on 25-08-2008 23:32
#2
dorsal view
Posted by conopid on 25-08-2008 23:33
#3
close up of head - note peculiar dark marks at front of eye - this mark occurs on both eyes.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 26-08-2008 06:43
#4
Some kind of Chloropidae.
Posted by Kahis on 26-08-2008 09:11
#5
Elachiptera, near
E. cornuta.
Posted by conopid on 26-08-2008 22:12
#6
Thanks Paul and Kahis.
I should have noticed the typical big ocellar plate of Chloropidae, which would have at least told me it was Chloropidae. :D