 Heleomyzid / Anthomyiid ??
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| saturdaze |
Posted on 05-04-2007 21:16
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This fly is "basking" on the petal of a California Poppy and this is a typical spot to find them. Location: Santa Barbara, California, USA. Length: 5mm. Empodia absent. R4+5 not forked. Frontal suture present. Outer suture on 2nd antennal segment (corrected). With complete transverse suture (corrected). Oral vibrissae present. Costa spinose. Postverticals converging. No specimen collected. Family? Genus? Species?? [To remove any confusion I have corrected my original post based on a new photograph.] Edited by saturdaze on 05-04-2007 23:29 |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 05-04-2007 21:26
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A rather typical male Anthomyiid I think.
Edited by Xespok on 05-04-2007 21:27 Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| saturdaze |
Posted on 05-04-2007 21:35
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Anthomyiid? . . . but no suture on second antennal segment and no complete transverse suture. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 05-04-2007 21:44
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I think I can see the suture on the second antennal segment (right antenna), though. I agree with Xespok about the Anthomyiidae.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 05-04-2007 21:49
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Well, I'd still put my money on Anthomyiidae. But better wait Andrzej than, he is the Heleomyzid expert here. There are also Heleomyzids with this jizz as well. Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 05-04-2007 21:55
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"I'd still put my money on Anthomyiidae..." I eat my hat on Anthomyiidae! Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 05-04-2007 21:55
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I am absolutely certain it is not Heleomyzidae. If it is not Anthomyiidae, then another calyptrate, but I think that will not be the case.
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| saturdaze |
Posted on 05-04-2007 22:23
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No one eat their hat yet! A different photo I just took shows a second antennal suture and the weakest transverse suture I have ever seen. Anthomyiid it is . . . now, which species? 
Edited by saturdaze on 05-04-2007 22:24 |
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| saturdaze |
Posted on 07-04-2007 16:50
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Anyone with a genus or species name? |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 07-04-2007 20:57
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Nice photo. But I wish I have answer in cases of collected Palearctic specimens of this kind... Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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