Posted by Stephen on 23-05-2007 17:51
#1
Not sure what to make of this fly. Ephydridae? Scathophagidae?
The face bulges forward of the eye, suggesting Ephydridae. The bristles in the hind tibia may be too pronounced for Ephydridae, so Scathophagidae?
If I am looking at the photo right, oral vibrissae are present and reasonably prominent, so not Ephydridae but Scathophagidae?
Or maybe it is neither of these families? ID help appreciated.
Photographed on a pebble beach, Oregon, USA, 13 May 2007, size not recorded but neither tiny nor huge.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 23-05-2007 18:08
#4
Hi Stephen.
I think neither of this families.
1. Muscidae, (Lispocephala?).
2-3. Anthomyiidae, unusual one, Fucellia, I think.
Nikita
Posted by Stephen on 24-05-2007 11:32
#5
I apologize, I had intended to post only one species here but as you point out I have two! Both have gray color and very long tarsi, but I see the differences too, now.
Nikita, thanks for the ID help with these!