Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unknown Fly

Posted by rdbercha on 02-02-2007 06:35
#1

Small black Fly ~3-4mm
Alberta, Canada
July.

Posted by rdbercha on 02-02-2007 06:35
#2

Another photo of the same fly.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-02-2007 07:49
#3

Not quite sure whether that would work in the Nearctic, but in our region (NW Europe) this would be Lauxania of the Lauxaniidae.

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 02-02-2007 08:37
#4

P?russe J., Wheeler T.A. (2000) - Revision of the Nearctic species of Lauxania (Diptera: Lauxaniidae) - The Canadian Entomologist 132: 411-427

Posted by Steve Gaimari on 04-02-2007 01:30
#5

Yes, Paul, this is Lauxania in North America too!:D
Steve