Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Family please (Muscidae ???)
Posted by Gordon on 28-08-2008 10:43
#1
Wetland Kerkini; Kerkini Mountains: N. Greece. Alt = 1500 metres. a bog/seep beside Beech Forest. Malaise trap 28/7/2008 - 3/8/2008
Edited by Gordon on 28-08-2008 12:08
Posted by Gordon on 28-08-2008 10:49
#2
The Arista is basically bare, any hairs being shorter than the width of the arista at the point where they arise
Posted by Gordon on 28-08-2008 10:59
#3
The costal break
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 28-08-2008 11:51
#4
I've never seen this fly. May be Lophosceles mutatus? Stephane, Kahis?
Posted by Gordon on 28-08-2008 12:06
#5
Hi Nikita,
If it is
Lophosceles mutatus it is a long way from its known range. Fauna Europaea plots the N/S range as Finland/Sweden down to Austria/Slovakia B)
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 28-08-2008 19:03
#6
My guess would be
Lispocephala. Is there 3 sternopleural bristles arranged in equilateral triangle and 3 dc after the suture, Gordon ?
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 28-08-2008 22:19
#7
If I'm not wrong with the genus,
Lispocephala ungulata could be a good candidate.
Posted by Gordon on 29-08-2008 09:52
#8
Dear Stephane,
Yes there are thre dorsocentral bristles after the suture and yes there are 3 sternopleural bristles arranged in a triangle, see photo, but there are also smaller hairs/bristles on the Sternopleuron
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 29-08-2008 16:43
#9
Thanks.
Lispocephala seems to be correct.