Fly for ID please

[pressld2]

Any chance with this one?



Found him in my kitchen this evening. I had to give him the sugar grain to keep him still as he was running about all over the place.

My only resource is Complete British Insects and I don't think he's in there. He was only about 5mm and the only one in CBI that fits that size is Lesser House-fly - Fannia canicularis. But I've a feeling this one is a Tachinid.

Any help or suggestions gratefully received.

Dave P.

[Matt Smith]

Looks more like a Sarcophagid to me, particularly with the petiolate wing veins.

[JRsbugs]

Could this be Calliphoridae? It has that air to me, there's a few which are non-typical such as Angioneura acerba. See this thread with a female, of course the one in question is a male..

Diptera.info - Discussion Forum: Angioneura acerba (conf. Theo Zeegers)

I found a pic of a possible male, not confirmed..

http://diptera.info/forum/viewthread...327#post_46327

We have two Angioneura species.. but there's no info about the other at all on diptera.info.

http://www.dipteristsforum.org.uk/sg...e.php?id=18469

[pressld2]

Thanks for the suggestions!

Originally Posted by JRsbugs

I found a pic of a possible male, not confirmed..

Diptera.info - Discussion Forum: two little unknown flies

Janet, the Angioneura acerba looks interesting. The wing venation is very similar except that the posterior cross-vein in mine is more wavy. Of course, with that one being unconfirmed, mine is unconfirmed squared but it does look like a possibility.

Dave P.

[JRsbugs]

Dave, it certainly does have similarities in the wing venation. There is the other species such as Angioneura cyrtoneurina which I found is (or was) RDB2, associated with fens and is a woodlouse parasite. Finding a photo is impossible!

There is also a possibility it is in the same subfamily, Melanomyinae but this is all speculation really at the moment however good it looks. Do you belong to diptera.info, that would be your best bet but as you have seen it may not be conclusive.

[pressld2]

Originally Posted by JRsbugs

Do you belong to diptera.info, that would be your best bet but as you have seen it may not be conclusive.

I don't but may well join. I don't have any knowledge to offer so I'll just be using them and will feel suitably guilty. But hey, I've been doing that on WAB for years!

Dave P.

[JRsbugs]

Don't worry about using people with expertise, they wouldn't be there if they didn't want to help! It helps keep the brain sharp for one, but also by participating you may find something exciting which is always a bonus. I have found many flies which are quite rare, and have been able to contribute many photos to the (diptera gallery) to help others. Go for it! We all start with nil knowledge.

Well, as I can't stop the Gallery link from being a link no matter how I put it I have put the actual link!