Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Flat-footed fly ?
Posted by LordV on 03-05-2007 22:26
#1
Taken today South coast Uk about 4mm body length
Platypezidae?
Thanks
Brian V.
Obviously should have looked at the thread below- there's obviously an outbreak of them in Sussex :)
Eudorylas.
Edited by LordV on 03-05-2007 22:28
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 03-05-2007 22:36
#2
wow! Another Pipunculidae fly! I want to see these, and never found them. :( do you know where in which plant this fly was?
Posted by conopid on 03-05-2007 22:47
#3
Hi,
Try sweepnetting (not too violently though, as these are very delicate and small flies) in vegetation, partcularly grassy places in woodland.
Good luck.
Posted by LordV on 03-05-2007 22:50
#4
jorgemotalmeida wrote:
wow! Another Pipunculidae fly! I want to see these, and never found them. :( do you know where in which plant this fly was?
Hi Jorge- it was on a rhododendron leaf
Brian V.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 04-05-2007 07:12
#5
Probably another
Eudorylas.
And for the record: The only delicate thing about the flies is the attachment of the head to the thorax. Too violent movement and the head may fall off. Otherwise, they are just as sturdy as, say, hoverflies.
Posted by David Gibbs on 04-05-2007 14:54
#6
Not
Eudorylas but
Pipunculus, mesonotum uniformly covered in hair, looks like a female
P. campestris to me.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 04-05-2007 15:48
#7
In my memory
Pipunculus had longer hairs, but it's been a while since I properly looked at pipunculids. ;)