Dryope flaveola -

Formerly Dryomyza, this is a species which is consistently showing up in a baited bottle trap in woodland right now. These are especially dark individuals which seems to be a feature of a winter generation.

If it turns out they develop in the bait that will be a new discovery about this fly (I think) as no-one seems to have previously nailed down this part of their life cycle.

The Dryomyzidae have undergone a fair bit of shuffling it seems and I haven't entirely got my head around what went where taxonomically!

Phronia humeralis new to Fife from Cullaloe LNR

In moss in the roadside W11 woodland in January, this gave me the runaround as either P.humeralis or P.forcipula but it seems they may have been synonymised (to be confirmed).

It's a fungus gnat in the family Myctephilidae.

Dicranota lucidipennis new to Fife from Cullaloe LNR

A female hanging on grass over fast moving water channel. This is a pretty widespread species but not apparently recorded in Fife before. I got hung up on a misunderstanding of the keys so ID was provided by Geoff Foale via Dipterists Forum (after that it was, of course, obvious!).

It's only the third species of Pediciidae for the county.

Lindneromyia dorsalis, Dalgety Bay 26/9/2018 - new to Scotland

A flat-footed fly swept just north of St.Bridget's.

Lindneromyia dorsalis
Dalgety Bay
NT1683
26.ix.2018

Dexiosoma caninum, Dalgety Bay, 22/08/2018

There were quite a few of these large and long-legged flies in Ross Plantation this lunchtime. Some of them even patiently posed for photos

Macronychia striginervis new to Scotland from Dalgety Bay, Fife, 16/08/2018

Macronychia striginervis, f.
Dalgety Bay
NT1683
16/08/2018

Eristalis aeneus, Dalgety Bay

Around butterfly bush, though there's plenty of Sea Aster flowering in the bay rightnow