I'm speaking on #Chloropidae, trying to make a difficult and neglected group a little more accessible via a group-sourced Flickr photo library. Also looking forward to hearing the other speakers.
www.flickr.com/groups/chlor...
Lateral macro of a small, reddish-brown fly with paler markings on the face and pleurae
The very small #Chloropidae Pseudopachychaeta ruficeps swept this spring from alpine sedge flushes, Beinn Ghlas, Ben Lawers NNR. This species develops in the inflorescences of Eriophorum (Cottongrass) species.
#Diptera #Entomology @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
New research in #RESSystematicEnt
Unravelling the evolutionary history of grass flies (Diptera: #Chloropidae): Phylogeny and divergence time insights
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70008
#Phylogenetics
@gkergoat.bsky.social @wiley.com
Zwei Thaumatomyia notata-Fliegen bei der Paarung auf einem grünen Blatt. Die kleinen, gelblich-orange gefärbten Fliegen zeigen die charakteristischen großen rötlich-braunen Facettenaugen und durchsichtigen Flügel ihrer Art. Die beiden Insekten befinden sich in enger Kopulation, wobei ihre glänzenden Körper und die typischen dunklen Flügelmarkierungen gut erkennbar sind. Das Makrofoto zeigt die feinen anatomischen Details der Gelbfliegen in gestochen scharfer Qualität vor dem unscharfen grünen Hintergrund des Blattes.
Dieses Pärchen (Größe gut 2 mm) der Gemeinen Halmfliege (Thaumatomyia notata) arbeitet an der nächsten Generation und ließ sich auch von meinem Lupenobjektiv nicht um den Spaß bringen 😉
#natur #artenvielfalt #naturfoto #makrofotografie #insekten #Diptera #tierfotos #nature #Halmfliegen #Chloropidae
Two small yellow and black flies standing at the edge of a head of yellow flowers as if looking over the edge. A third fly appears to be climbing up beside them.
Fly 1: "Hey guys. What ya doing?"
Fly 2: "Oh. Hi Gary. You found us..." *side whisper* "What's he doing here?"
Fly 3: *shoulder shrug and an I-don't-know-don't-blame-me look*
Fly 1: "Can I join you?"
Fly 2: "Ah, sure."
Fly 3 (muttering): "Ugh. Great."
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Chlorops varsoviensis a pNationally Scarce #Chloropidae of upland marshy areas.
Now added to the (slowly) growing Chloropidae UK Flickr group. Please add any relevant identified photos or message me and I can help add them www.flickr.com/groups/14873...
#diptera #ento @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Numerous small shiny black flies with yellow accents congregating on and around a bird dropping on a leaf.
"Slurp dung here often?" 🥂
frit #flies #Diptera #Chloropidae
Oscinella frit: potentially among the most widespread flies in the UK. One of 60 species now covered in the UK #Chloropidae Flickr group www.flickr.com/groups/14873335@N23/disc...
Another few infrequently photographed #Chloropidae species photographed for the Flickr group this evening: Incertella antennata, Dicraeus fennicus and Dicraeus vagans.
Started a Flickr group for UK & Irish #Chloropidae flies. Slowly photographing each species in my collection, also open for others to add images. The 'Species Index' link allows users to browse pictures by species https://www.flickr.com/groups/chloropidaeuk/ @StevenFalk1...
Chlorops speciosus a dark northern example of this wet woodland species associated with Deschampsia cespitosa. Characters include shing scutum with dense setulae, long ocellar triangle and broad gena with black setulae. #Chloropidae
The tiny #Chloropidae Lasiochaeta pubescens from Sussex at the weekend. Formerly mostly coastal this species is now moving inland and can be abundant. Characters include the thickened arista and two enlarged orbital setae.
Another Acalyptratae family #Chloropidae or grass flies. The tiny yellow & black Thaumatomyia notata larvae of which feed on root aphids and Elachiptera bimaculata a species not officially on the UK list (thanks to Chloropidae expert John Ismay for confirmation on the latter) 6/9
Three #Chloropidae from the Brecks in the summer Oscinimorpha arcuata, Meromyza variegata and Trachysiphonella scutellata
Three tiny acalypterate flies from a Hayling Island saltmarsh last month. Clanoneurum cimiciforme (#Ephydridae), Oscinella pusilla and Aphanotrigonum inerme (both #Chloropidae).
#Chloropidae, Cetema neglectum, male, Cuckoo Pen, Benson, 03.vii.21. A common species in the UK found in a range of grassy habitats where the larvae develop in the stems of various Poaceae. Length c. 3mm. #Diptera
Cryptonevra flavitarsis female ex galls of Lipara lucens on Phragmites australis #Chloropidae #Diptera
One of two UK genera of the Chloropinae with enlarged orbital setae: Lasiosina herpini from recently landscaped ponds, Buckler's Wood, Berkshire. #Diptera #Chloropidae
My 500th fly species: Eutropha fulvifrons a small #Chloropidae associated with fore dunes. Collected last summer in Lancashire. #Diptera #entomology
[RT with correct family]
Pleased to find the strange #Chloropidae Camarota curvipennis in the garden. Note the presence of a 'vena spuria' between the medial veins which allows the fly to bend its wings down over the body making it appear somewhat like a small beetle
#Diptera
Big and little frit flies (#Chloropidae); Lipara lucens and inquiline Cryptonevra flavitarsis from #plantgall on reed @DipteristsForum
