Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tetanocera elata ?

Posted by shar on 25-05-2006 15:32
#1
Dear All,

Is this a snail-killing-fly? There are a lot of snails in our garden so...:)

gr,
Shar

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 25-05-2006 20:53
#2
Hi Shar.
At first glance (I'm in Turkey now and without literature) it is Luaxaniidae. Harmless for snails;)
Nikita

Posted by Paul Beuk on 26-05-2006 20:39
#3
I would put this down as a species of Sapromyza (Lauxaniidae).