Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Our town park: family unknown (1)
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 03-06-2006 22:42
#1
Collected on June 01, 2006, size 3-4mm.
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 03-06-2006 22:45
#2
Ughh, strange stuff with this post (and with some of the previous), just couldn't attach the picture regardless of file size/file quality/thread subject changes...
Here's the head.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 03-06-2006 23:33
#3
Ephydridae?
Posted by Kahis on 04-06-2006 14:13
#4
Muscidae (!). This is
Schoenomyza litorella, one of the smallest muscids in Europe. The head pattern of the male is very characteristic, females are less boldly coloured with a grey rather than orange face. It is very common along various shore lines, on sand and on muddy stores with vegetation.
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 04-06-2006 22:05
#5
Thanks a lot for your very informative comment Kahis.
It was really thick vegetation near the Nara river's branch, a place with rich turf-like soil recently flooded by water.
Did I get it right when I excluded Ephydridae seeing (at least in my opinion) dorsal preapical setae on tibia?
Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 04-06-2006 23:00
Posted by Paul Beuk on 05-06-2006 20:31
#6
Muscidae (!). This is Schoenomyza litorella
That came to my mind later when I was in bed, but I have not been online since. The honour is all yours. ;)