Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sepsis sp.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 21-11-2006 15:15
#1

HI


* locality - Silgueiros - Viseu - PORTUGAL
* date - 18.11.2006
* size - 4 mm (small fly)
* habitat - open land
* substrate - leaf of Castanea sativa

hundreds of these flies around. Grape fruits in decomposition. Lots of Drosophilidae, Sarcophagidae, Calliphoridae flies! And some Syrphidae, and Polistes sp. too...

Sepsis sp. ? no spot in wings. Can be Ulidiidae fly? Not sure about the real differencem, but seems in tip of abdomen, very acute and pointed to ground in Ulidiidae fly.

I suppose this is a female fly... correct?

Thank you!

Posted by Robert Nash on 22-11-2006 11:24
#2

Jizz Basal constriction af abdomen gives an ant-like appearance. Sepsidae. It is (perhaps) not Sepsis though.My guess Nemopoda nitidula
Robert

Edited by Robert Nash on 22-11-2006 11:28

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 28-11-2006 08:18
#3

I agree with Robert that it is Sepsidae, but disagree that Nemopoda.
Fused bm br cells look like in case of Australosepsis niviepennis.
Nikita