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 What Family of Fly is this
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| Gordon |
Posted on 31-01-2008 17:15
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Hi Folks, Sweeping over a little stream today netted me 9 species of flies, 1 species of weevil and a collembolan, the flies included a male and a female of this, which to me, has a rather unsual venation (I am referring to the cross vein that doesn't go anywhere). I am hoping that someone will recognise it from this rather poor photo, mobile phones were not made for photographing down microscopes. I took a habitus photo as well, but it doesn't show much but a silouette. Could it be an opomyzidae he said guessing wildly. My thank to anybody who replies. Edited by Gordon on 31-01-2008 18:04 |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 31-01-2008 17:31
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I think it is Ephydridae, Parydra
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Gordon |
Posted on 31-01-2008 18:01
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There is a very evident costal break where R1??, meets the costa, which is not visible in this photo, but which would harmonise with Ephydridae according to my incomplete notes, so you could be correct, but the head bristles look to be missing some to me (yes I know you can't see that either). Anyway thanks for the thought. |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 31-01-2008 21:55
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I agree with Nikita, it's Parydra, probably quadripunctata (but that's pushing it from this photo!  )
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Gordon |
Posted on 01-02-2008 08:23
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Dear Tony, No need to 'push it' you will see it first hand and up close when I send it to you, but in the next posting, as I handed over the parcels for this posting, including all the material promised to people here at diptera.info on wednesday, so it should reach the post office soon. |
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but don't see the image in the post.
