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 Mating tiny flies from Canary Islands - 2
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| Isidro |
Posted on 15-02-2008 09:59
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16th January 2008. Uga, Lanzarote, Canary Islands. Habitat: gardens, human constructions, enclosures with animals (cows, horses, sheeps, pigs, exotic birds...) Size: about 3 mm (female), 2 mm (male). Very common in the zone. Sorry by the poor quality of the pictures.   Can be identified? Thanks. |
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| crex |
Posted on 15-02-2008 10:18
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Those hairy heads usually means Phoridae, but I might be wrong. |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 15-02-2008 10:34
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Megaselia (Phoridae)
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| Isidro |
Posted on 15-02-2008 12:24
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Thanks to both! |
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| Andre |
Posted on 15-02-2008 13:44
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Megaselia have a very peculiar mating habit, if I remember well, with individuals bulging out a kind of colorful membrane in the abdomen. |
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| Ben Hamers |
Posted on 16-02-2008 10:37
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Andre wrote: Megaselia have a very peculiar mating habit, if I remember well, with individuals bulging out a kind of colorful membrane in the abdomen. This Gymnophora-couple shows something like that. Ben Edited by Ben Hamers on 21-05-2012 19:09 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 16-02-2008 10:49
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similar to everted glands in Lauxaniidae?? |
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but don't see the image in the post.
