Thread subject: Diptera.info :: one more minute fly

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 09-10-2005 21:52
#1

Same: 09 okt, park in Moscow, on fallen leaf, 1-1,5mm.
But metallic, redish eyes, another setas on leg.
www.diptera.info/forim/5-0844-1.jpg

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 09-10-2005 22:36
#2

Hello Nikita,
This is a member of the family Sphaeroceridae. Normally very well identifiable by it's third leg, because tars 1 of this third leg is short and thick. In this picture that is not so visible, but also it's head and antennae are quite characteristic!
Greetings,

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 09-10-2005 23:42
#3

Thank you Gerard.