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 Huge thorax and skinny little abdomen
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| Stephen |
Posted on 27-05-2007 19:46
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I like how this fly is hugely robust on the thorax and then has a thin little abdomen. Scathophagidae, right? Can anyone shed any light on ID to genus? West Virginia USA, 26 May 2007, alongside a very small woodland stream. Length about 6.4 mm. --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 27-05-2007 19:47
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Here is a frontal view of this fly.
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 27-05-2007 19:49
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Lauxaniidae... Sapromyza sp. ? (it is a test, as Nikita used to says)  |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 27-05-2007 20:02
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And just to make it interesting, is this one same family? It is a different individual. What huge eyes (so, a male?) This one has an even smaller abdomen that doesn't seem to match the huge thorax. Same location as the first fly, a couple of days earlier, size just a little smaller. --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 27-05-2007 20:03
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Here is a look at the front of fly #2.
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 27-05-2007 20:22
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different sexes. one female and the other is male. let?s go wait for real experts. |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 27-05-2007 20:29
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I think it is Anthomyiidae, genus Pegomya. It looks very much alike our Pegomya testacea, which is only Palearctic species. Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 27-05-2007 20:32
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in the first case, anal vein doesn?t reach wing margin. is it one of exceptions among Anthomyiidae?  |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 28-05-2007 11:09
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Thank-you Jorge, Nikita! Time for me to go and look at some pictures.
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 03-06-2007 12:40
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I'd cancel my compare with P. testacea, but I still think it is some Pegomya of Anthomyiidae. Jorge: the fact that it seems by photo that anal vein doesn?t reach wing margin doesn't mean that it doesn't reach it really, it is bad visible character for photo...
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but don't see the image in the post.