Platycheirus granditarsus, the Hornhand Sedgesitter, is a species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of Britain North America and Europe. Typical habitat includes marshy meadows and ditches, where it can be found between May and October, though it is at its commonest between July and September. The most distinctive feature of this fly is the red-orange abdomen most easily seen as it takes off or alights.
Fannia armata is a fly species in the Fanniidae family. This species is smaller and more slender than the house fly, Musca domestica, and is similar in appearance to the lesser house fly, Fannia canicularis. It is found in the Palearctic. For identification see
Fannia lepida is a fly species in the Fanniidae family. This species is smaller and more slender than the house fly, Musca domestica, and is similar in appearance to the lesser house fly, Fannia canicularis. It is found in the Palearctic. For identification see
Fannia sociella is a fly species in the Fanniidae family. This species is smaller and more slender than the house fly, Musca domestica, and is similar in appearance to the lesser house fly, Fannia canicularis. It is found in the Palearctic. For identification see
Chamaemyia flavipalpis is a species of fly in the family Chamaemyiidae. It is found in the Palearctic. and North Africa.
Morpholeria ruficornis is a species of fly in the family Heleomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic.
Tephrochlamys rufiventris is a species of fly in the family Heleomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic .The body length is 5 to 6 mm. The head is has both setae and bristles on the gena. The thorax is characterized by the presence of setae on the propleura, a bare prothorax and metathoracic setae in a 0+3 arrangement, with the first pair of suture setae lying closer to the suture than to the second pair. The posterior and anterior metathoracic setae are almost the same length, and the hairs between them are placed in more than four rows. The wings have short and monochromatic pterostigmas and spine-like bristles on the costal vein longer than the hair. The middle pair of legs has one well-developed spur on each tibia.For terms see Morphology of Diptera.
Gymnochiromyia flavella is a species of fly in the family Chyromyidae. It is found in the Palearctic.
Elgiva cucularia is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic .Long. : 5-8 mm.Overall it is coloured yellowish-brown with a bluish-gray body. The head is characterized by silky black dots at the bases of the anterior orbital setae, between the bases of the antennae and the edges of the compound eyes, and in the centre of the occiput. The third antenna segment is a little shorter than the second. The mesonotum is black with a grey ground and grey pruinosity.There are longitudinal, brown stripes on the dorsum of the thorax: two narrow in the middle and two wide on the sides. One mesopleural bristle amongst short setae.The prothorax is bare. The yellowish smoky wings are 5.2 to 6.8 mm long and have fuzzy spots on the front half. The legs and abdomen are yellow. The lower surfaces of the hind femora are equipped with setae, while the front pair lacks them.The abdomen is rufous.For terms see Morphology of Diptera. Larvae of E. cucularia are predators of aquatic, pulmonate snails in the families Lymnaeidae, Physidae, and Planorbidae.
Fannia mollissima is a species of fly in the family Fanniidae. It is found in the Palearctic. For identification see
Fannia rondanii is a species of fly in the family Fanniidae. It is found in the Palearctic. For identification see
Fannia serena is a species of fly in the family Fanniidae. It is found in the Palearctic. For identification see
Heleomyza serrata is a species of fly in the family Heleomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic.
Heteromyza rotundicornis is a species of fly in the family Heleomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic.
Ilione albiseta is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic .The body length is 8 to 11.2mm and the basic colour is yellowish-brown. The spot on the occiput, the spots at the base of the frontal orbital setae and the almost triangular spots at the edge of the eyes at the height of the antennae are silky dark brown. The long antennae have a whitish hairy arists. There are longitudinal, brown stripes on the yellowish-dustedmesonotum : two narrow in the middle and two wide on the sides. In addition, there is a brown band on the body below the notopleura. The prosternum is bare. Chaetotaxy of the thorax shows strong presutural acrostichal setae and 2–3 well-developed subalar setae. The wings are 6.8 to 8 mm long and usually have 5 marks: on the anterior transverse vein, the medial vein, and the two ends of the posterior transverse vein. If there are only 2 dots on the medial vein, the transverse veins are at least darkened. The legs are yellow with darkened tarsi. The lower surfaces of the femora of the hind legs are equipped with strong and dense setae in males, and with short and sparse setae in females. Males are characterized by a copulatory apparatus with non-swollen abdominal pituitary glands.For terms see Morphology of Diptera. The larva preys on Galba truncatula
Limnia unguicornis is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic.
Terellia ruficauda is a species of fly in the family Tephritidae, the gall flies. It is found in the Palearctic. The larvae feed on Cirsium arvense.
Ditaeniella grisescens is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic.-Long. : 3.5-4 mm.The body is short, narrow, obscure above, with a rather thick yellowish ashy pruinosity. The legs are rufous with tibiae 1 and their tarsi browned. Wings clear: the subcostal cell yellow. For terms see Morphology of Diptera.
Elgiva solicita is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic
Loxocera albiseta is a species of fly in the family Psilidae. It is found in the Palearctic.The interocular space is red orange or red brown with a black triangle. Scutellum red.The face lacks a black median band.The anterior mesonotum is largely black, the posterior red without black. For terms see Morphology of Diptera.
