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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 11-04-2008 23:08
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 Member Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 2082 Joined: 17.10.05 |
hi flyforum, Today I found this comic fly in the Amsterdam forest. I think it is a Oecothea sp., but which one? 1. Oecothea fenestralis (Fall?n, 1820) 2. Oecothea praecox Loew, 1862 do you have a suggestion? greeting robert Robert Heemskerk attached the following image:  [86.53Kb] Greeting, Robert Heemskerk ---- WWW: http://robertheem...ndedag.htm --- |
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 11-04-2008 23:08
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Member Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 2082 Joined: 17.10.05 |
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Robert Heemskerk attached the following image:  [93.1Kb] Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 11-04-2008 23:09 Greeting, Robert Heemskerk ---- WWW: http://robertheem...ndedag.htm --- |
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 11-04-2008 23:09
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Member Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 2082 Joined: 17.10.05 |
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Robert Heemskerk attached the following image:  [90.69Kb] Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 11-04-2008 23:09 Greeting, Robert Heemskerk ---- WWW: http://robertheem...ndedag.htm --- |
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 11-04-2008 23:09
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Member Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 2082 Joined: 17.10.05 |
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Robert Heemskerk attached the following image:  [92.21Kb] Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 11-04-2008 23:10 Greeting, Robert Heemskerk ---- WWW: http://robertheem...ndedag.htm --- |
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| phil withers |
Posted on 12-04-2008 01:35
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Member Location: Lyon, France Posts: 521 Joined: 04.03.08 |
This is a female Eccoptomera; Oecothea has bristles on the mid-tibia. |
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| Andrzej |
Posted on 14-04-2008 09:18
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Member Location: Poland Posts: 2358 Joined: 05.01.06 |
Hi Robert !, probably Ecc. microps (very small eyes) but check out the scutellum (if covered by small hairs or not )  Andrzej |
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 14-04-2008 11:03
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Member Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 2082 Joined: 17.10.05 |
hi Andrzej, When I first looked at this fly, I thought the eyes where abnormal!? (so small) I'll check out the scutellum tomorrow, I am not at my desk now. Phil Withers wrote on: http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=12154 ''It is difficult to see some of the critical features (such as whether the hind femur has a dorsal preapical) but I would place it near Eccoptomera microps'' I'll publice this detail underneath: Robert Heemskerk attached the following image:  [113.59Kb] Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 14-04-2008 11:06 Greeting, Robert Heemskerk ---- WWW: http://robertheem...ndedag.htm --- |
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| Andrzej |
Posted on 14-04-2008 11:10
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Member Location: Poland Posts: 2358 Joined: 05.01.06 |
correct ID Andrzej |
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 14-04-2008 11:17
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Member Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 2082 Joined: 17.10.05 |
great ! I'll see if I can post some picture in the Dipteragallery Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 14-04-2008 11:24 Greeting, Robert Heemskerk ---- WWW: http://robertheem...ndedag.htm --- |
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