Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Family?
#1
Turkey, Side, sand dunas, 6-7 mm.
Fly has unusual flight (I'd say it flys 'on tiptoes' and sitting move like Mantis.
Something between Chyromyidae and Trixoscelididae?
#2
I think, I understood!
It is Crutonotum of Crutonotidae!
#3
Nice one!
(I think it's
Curtonotum of Curtonotidae)
#4
Yes, Curtonotum, sorry.
I seems not a common fly with only one known species in Palearctic - Curtonotum anus.
And in my literature it lives in wet forests, not in sand dunas!
Nikita
#5
One
Curtonotum has been reported feeding on rotting eggpods of desert locust in East Africa, and other African species are recorded from warthog and aardvark burrows. (I hope you've got a male!)
#6
Totaly I met 3 (2 + 1?) specimens of Curtonotum on sand dunas. All near excremets.
Is there any key or whatever to check the species (as far as I understood in Israel, for example, there is another species)?
Nikita
#7
Abstract of an article,
Observations on the biology and anatomy of Curtonotidae (Diptera: Schizophora), by J. N. Pollock (
Journal of Natural History, Volume 36, Number 14 / October 10, 2002, pp. 1725 - 1745):
New information concerning the biology and anatomy of Cyrtona spp. and Curtonotum quinquevittatum is given. During the hot, dry season the latter species leaves its warthog burrow refuges at night. Cyrtona spp. rest in densely shaded humid habitats during the same season, dispersing in the cooler seasons.
#8
Meier, R., Kotrba, M., Barber, K. 1997. On the natural history and morphology of the egg, first instar larva, puparium, and female reproductive system of Curtonotum helvum (Curtonotidae; Ephydroidea; Diptera). American Museum Novitates 3219:1-20.
http://digitallib.../N3219.pdf
#9
LES ENNEMIS NATURELS DES CRIQUETS DU SAHEL, by
GREATHEAD D. J., KOOYMAN C., LAUNOIS-LUONG M. H. & POPOV G. B.
Collection Acridologie Op?rationnelle no 8 (1994)
locust.cirad.fr/o.../DFPV8.pdf
Some information on
Curtonotidae on pp. 17-18.
Posted by
Stephen on 11-10-2006 23:52
#11
What a fantastic fly! Turkey was very good to you.
#12
Yes, Stephen, I falled in love from first glance on this creature - Curtonotum!
Nikita
#13
Curtunotidae is another family of Emilia Nartchuk.
Her answer was - "Well, if not new species, than C. anus"
Nikita
#14
I compared my Curtonotum with Curtonotum from Moscow Zool Museum (1 from Astrkhan, 1 from Far East). I didn't find any difference, so I send my images for our Gallery.