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Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 20-08-2007 23:58

Hi

* locality - Silgueiros - Viseu - PORTUGAL
* date - 2007.08.16
* size - 1,5 mm (very small fly)
* habitat - open land
* substrate - on Mentha sp. flowers.

It is very small. It seems almost a beetle fly! (cf. Celyphidae). But the huge triangular ocellar zone.. is typical for Chloropidae. I hope to get genus, at least for this genus.

EDIT---> Title changed from "What a strange chloropid." to "Chloropidae - Camarota curvipennis"

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 21-08-2007 18:44

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 21-08-2007 10:31

wow, Paul. How can you be so sure about the species???
What are the definitive characters for this Camarote? (Camarote is a very funny name in Portuguese considering that this word is used for fly! -- http://tinyurl.com/2ypqxx - camarote in Portuguese is the balcony in theaters to assist shows

)

Curvipennis - curved wings. Makes sense!

Is that why you have so sure? Is it the only chloropid that has curved wings like that?

Camarote word intrigues me!!

Posted by Paul Beuk on 21-08-2007 18:40

I should correct myself, the generic name is Camarota.

And it is a one of a kind, the only one with this kind of appearance in the Palaearctic Chloropidae.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 21-08-2007 18:43

so I conclude that the definitive character was the curved wing.

Stegana in Drosophilidae has too curved wings.

thanks, Paul.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 21-08-2007 18:46

In www.spolia.it/onl...rected.pdf I found:

As for camarotas, it comes beyond any doubt
from the Greek form kammarot?s, a variant of the most common term k?mmaros meaning rounded.