Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Diptera from the Cornish undergrowth
Posted by lynkos on 11-08-2005 08:04
#1
And here's another diptera from the undergrowth of an oak wood in Cornwall, England.
I have been trying to place it at least in a family, but I'm afraid I'm going to make a terrible fool of myself :(. Could it be a Helomyzidae? Sarah
Posted by Jan Willem on 11-08-2005 08:10
#2
I would look for this species in the family Scatophagidae. I think it is a member of the genus
Scatophaga, but now I may be making a fool of myself ;)
Jan Willem
Posted by Paul Beuk on 11-08-2005 10:16
#3
The only reason I can think why you might be making a fool of your self is by spelling
Scathophaga in the wrong way. :p It could well be
S. stercoraria.
Posted by Jan Willem on 11-08-2005 12:13
#4
You are right Paul. I missed the smiley in your reply!
Posted by Paul Beuk on 11-08-2005 14:19
#5
Better? :D
Posted by lynkos on 11-08-2005 17:49
#6
Win some, lose some B). Thanks Paul and Jan, Sarah
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 13-08-2005 19:37
#7
Well, Sarah's Scatophaga stercoraria is my question too. It seems to me that there is a difference between fly which I met in spring and now. It seems to me that they become less hairy, more yellow-greenish than yellow-redish, and wing venation became more dark, almost black. Am I right please?