Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lonchaeid (?) from 05.05.14 --> no, Fannia sp.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 11-05-2014 23:24
#1

Hello,

a 4 mm fly from forestborder (northwest Germany).

Edited by Juergen Peters on 13-05-2014 22:20

Posted by Iain MacGowan on 13-05-2014 08:52
#2

Hi Juergen

At first glance it certainly looks like a Lonchaeid - but the long setae on the tibiae are not a character of this family.

Posted by John Carr on 13-05-2014 11:44
#3

Lonchaeidae would have black halteres.

Possibly Fannia.

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 13-05-2014 20:52
#4

From what I can see of the Sc shape, I agree with Fannia sp.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 13-05-2014 22:19
#5

Many thanks to you all! |t