Thread subject: Diptera.info :: [Eudorylas sp] Pipunculidae acrobatic copula

Posted by Arthropa on 08-04-2007 22:51
#1
Hello,

I'd like to have your help with these flies mating in the air, today :

marthaadsl.free.fr/ATH/photos/ATH07-04-08-116.jpg
(Couchey (Burgundy, France) - 8 avril 2007 - 4.5 mm long)

I dare imagine that such big eyes occupating whole head with sphaeric shape should indicate family... but I can't find which one...
Some Pipunculidae ?

Thanks !
Edited by Arthropa on 21-04-2007 22:40

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 08-04-2007 23:22
#2
Martha,
you can change thread name to "Pipunculidae acrobatic copula" and wait for David's soon reply...
Nikita

Posted by Arthropa on 09-04-2007 09:02
#3
Well, that's done ! Smile Wink

Posted by loepa on 09-04-2007 09:19
#4
great photo! I have other photo by my friend Mr. Zhou, from China.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 09-04-2007 09:54
#5
Top photo: probably Eudorylas sp.

Posted by David Gibbs on 09-04-2007 10:10
#6
I would agree with Paul that the top pair are Eudorylas but naming this genus to species nearly always requires examination of terminalia. pale ppl and dark legs suggest E. obscurus but that is very much a guess.

Posted by Arthropa on 09-04-2007 21:07
#7
Many thanks ! Smile