Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Campylocheta praecox

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 06-03-2008 12:02
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hi flyforum,

Yesterday, I found this Campylocheta sitting on a 'Pleurotus ostreatus'.
a coincidence? or is the fly special attrackted by this fungus?

This is a Campylocheta praecox, or is Campylocheta inepta also possible?

Is it possible to see a sexdifference from the picture? (frontal bristles?)
Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 06-03-2008 12:08

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 06-03-2008 12:04
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pic 2
Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 06-03-2008 12:05

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 06-03-2008 12:05
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pic 3
Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 06-03-2008 12:05

Posted by Zeegers on 06-03-2008 20:43
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Many yes

Yes, it is C. praecox, yes it is a male since yes the proclinate orbitals are lacking (and the pulvilli are elongated).

Yes, the association with Pleurotus is coincidential.


Theo