Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lindneromyia dorsalis?

Posted by mwkozlowski on 03-10-2008 11:21
#1
Could it be this time a male of Lindneromyia dorsalis? The both sexes were near by. Has anyone documented mating in Platypezidae? Should be interresting!

Posted by michal tkoc on 12-10-2008 19:13
#2
I think, it's more likely Kesselimyia chandleri, need to see the wing venation, but the bicolored eye is good character. K. chandleri larvae lives between the gills of common fungus Macrolepiota procera, notwithstanding the animal is often overlooked.

Compare with my exemplars:
Edited by michal tkoc on 12-10-2008 19:18

Posted by michal tkoc on 12-10-2008 19:13
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Posted by michal tkoc on 12-10-2008 19:14
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Posted by mwkozlowski on 12-10-2008 20:09
#5
many thanks, so many platypzid flies around!!! they are especially cute!
Edited by mwkozlowski on 12-10-2008 20:10

Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-06-2009 13:56
#6
Today I found the first specimen of Kesselimyia for Greece in a sample from the Kerkini Wetland Survey. Grin
Edited by Paul Beuk on 02-06-2009 14:06

Posted by conopid on 02-06-2009 20:36
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There are hardly any Platypezidae flying in my part of the world at present Frown

Posted by Lucyna on 26-11-2021 15:29
#8
Kesselimyia chandleri :1. in Poland this species does not occur. 2. the details of the foreheads and wings are not visible. In my opinion, this is a wrong identifications.