Stegana furta (Drosophilidae) - beetle mimicking pomace fly

Description:

L: ~2-3mmbiology These flies are associated with decaying trees and may be settled in crevices of tree trunks, visiting sap flows or swept around fungus encrusted dead wood. [Chandler: The British species of Stegana: www.drosophila.jp/jdd/class/030710/03071010.pdf]Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer) Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816 (Sechsfer)Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota LANG, 1888 (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923Order: Diptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (true flies, mosquitoes and gnats, Zweiflgler)Suborder: Brachycera SCHINER, 1862Infraorder: Muscomorpha [Syn.: Cyclorrhapha]Superfamily: EphydroideFamily: Drosophilidae Rndani, 1856 (fruit flies, pomace flies, Frucht- oder Essigfliegen)Subfamily: Steganinae HENDEL, 1917Tribus: SteganiniSubtribus: SteganinaGenus: Stegana MEIGEN, 1830Stegana furta LINNAEUS, 1767 (?)[det. G. Bohne, 2017, based on photos]taxonomical info: www.biolib.cz/en/taxonposition/id120649/Central Germany, N-Hesse, Kassel: Dnche (NP), ca. 200m asl., 09.08.2015IMG_7073