Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Acroceridae - Cyrtus gibbus

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 09-07-2007 18:36
#1
Hi flyforum,


Nice to see you again. Smile This time I spotted near ?vora four acrocerids! Smile I caught some... So far I saw 10 acrocerids.

I have here another fly (not acrocerid) with amazing properties... it managed to survive during more than 30 min in freezer!!! And over 2 weeks inside a vial without water... very strange... I never saw a fly managed so long time. It must be the super fly. Smile I will show you more later. But for now take a look for the new acrocerid (or the same...). Smile

Please compare with this other acrocerid I caught:

http://www.dipter...ad_id=6967



* locality - Herdade da Mitra - Valverde - ?vora - PORTUGAL
* date - 2007.06.26
* size - 6 mm (medium fly)
* habitat - woodland
* substrate - hovering...

Acrocera sp. ?

EDIT---> Title changed from "back with new acrocerid fly..." to "Acroceridae - Cyrtus gibbus"
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 15-09-2007 02:30

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 09-07-2007 18:38
#2
other view:

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 09-07-2007 18:46
#3
no, it cannot be Acrocera sp. It has no short proboscis. Perhaps a Cyrtus again, but another new species?.. or Can C. gibbus has different patterns in abdomen?
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 09-07-2007 18:47

Posted by Zeegers on 09-07-2007 20:45
#4
Cyrtus gibbus is extremely variable.
This is a Cyrtus, to me at the moment C. gibbus.


Theo Zeegers