Family Polleniidae
Polleniidae is a family in the order Diptera. Browse 16 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.
Species in Polleniidae (16)
Pollenia amentaria
Pollenia amentaria
The clusterfly Pollenia amentaria can be recognised because the black tergites lack obvious dusting. Fresh specimens of Pollenia amentaria with lots of golden hairs on the thorax are very striking. Males have a broad build and eyes that are only narr
Narrow-cheeked Clusterfly
Pollenia angustigena
It has the golden thoracic hairs, typical of the Pollenia genus, and generally looks the same as the common clusterfly - Pollenia rudis. Both sexes have the jowls below the eyes slightly narrower than in P. rudis and average a little smaller and slim
Little Clusterfly
Pollenia griseotomentosa
Pollenia griseotomentosa averages as our smallest clusterfly and has proportionately short legs, with the front tarsi only about the length of the front tibiae. The tergites are less conspicuously tessellated than most clusterflies, with a conspicuou
Dark-based Clusterfly
Pollenia labialis
It can be distinguished from P. rudis and all other Pollenia species except P. amentaria (which has a black abdomen) by the dark hind thoracic spiracle and dark basicosta at each wing base. There are 8 Pollenia species recorded in Britain, most of wh
Tufted Clusterfly
Pollenia pediculata
This species is difficult to distinguish from most other Pollenia species in the field but under a microscope it is easily confirmed by the presence of a tuft of pale hairs beneath the wing base close the base of the humeral cross-vein (see images be
Awkward Clusterfly
Pollenia rudis
The typical cluster fly Pollenia rudis is about 7 mm long, has short golden-coloured hairs on the thorax and irregular light and dark grey areas on the abdomen. Cluster flies are typically slow moving and pass the winter as adults so are very common
Pollenia advena
Pollenia advena
Pollenia atramentaria
Pollenia atramentaria
Pollenia huangshanensis
Pollenia huangshanensis
Pollenia hungarica
Pollenia hungarica
Pollenia leclercqiana
Pollenia leclercqiana
Pollenia pectinata
Pollenia pectinata
Pollenia pernix
Pollenia pernix
Pollenia uniseta
Pollenia uniseta
Pollenia vagabunda
Pollenia vagabunda
Pollenia viatica
Pollenia viatica