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 Milichiidae > Phyllomyza cf. securicornis
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| blowave |
Posted on 07-06-2011 21:48
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 Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Hello.. First I think it looks like Sphaeroceridae, but I also see some likeness to other families!  On 14th May, on my south facing door where I find many things. It was a very dull day. Near Lincoln UK. Size ~3mm Janet blowave attached the following image:  [104.27Kb] Edited by blowave on 31-07-2011 02:39 http://cubits.org... |
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| blowave |
Posted on 07-06-2011 21:49
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
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blowave attached the following image:  [126.53Kb] http://cubits.org... |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 07-06-2011 21:50
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Milichiidae. Probably Desmometopa sordida.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| blowave |
Posted on 07-06-2011 22:07
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Paul Beuk wrote: Milichiidae. Probably Desmometopa sordida. Oh that's funny coming just after your post on how to find Milichiidae!  We only have one other species which is Desmometopa palpalia, so if that can be discounted we have a certainty! http://cubits.org... |
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| blowave |
Posted on 07-06-2011 22:13
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
I checked on the NBN gateway, not that the records there are indicative of distribution but it gives some idea. D. sordida shows 4 very southerly records.. http://data.nbn.o...0000029565 Desmometopa palpalia doesn't even show a distribution map.. http://data.nbn.o...a+palpalia http://cubits.org... |
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| conopid |
Posted on 07-06-2011 22:33
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 Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
Don't forget that the UK checklist is constantly gaining new species, so it's not always certain that you may not have a new species, especially with these tiny critters!
Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| blowave |
Posted on 07-06-2011 22:57
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
conopid wrote: Don't forget that the UK checklist is constantly gaining new species, so it's not always certain that you may not have a new species, especially with these tiny critters! Good point Nigel! I checked some of the Milichiidae in the gallery, is there a chance this could be Neophyllomyza acyglossa? It's listed for here, the NBN Gateway doesn't have a distribution map for that either, but it looks like it! 
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| ibrake |
Posted on 30-07-2011 20:10
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This is a Phyllomyza female, possibly P. securicornis. On the first photo you can see the three lateroclinate orbital setae. They are myrmecophilous. Irina |
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| blowave |
Posted on 31-07-2011 02:38
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Thank you Irina! I searched for other threads on the site, there's very few but one alerted me to another fly I posted which is possibly the male? http://diptera.in...d_id=39871 The thread I found was from 2006! http://diptera.in...#post_8245 http://cubits.org... |
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