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 Heleomyzidae (?) with darkened veins --> Palloptera scutellata (Pallopteridae)
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 01-12-2008 20:05
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14401 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello! This 5-6 mm fly rested at our housewall this afternoon (northwest Germany). Can it be named more closely? Thanks! 1024x768 picture: http://www.foto-u..._5mm_3.jpg Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [56.59Kb] Edited by Juergen Peters on 02-12-2008 16:28 Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 02-12-2008 01:45
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14401 Joined: 11.09.04 |
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Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [27.21Kb] Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Jan Willem |
Posted on 02-12-2008 08:25
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 Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2168 Joined: 24.07.04 |
Hi Juergen, This is not a heleomyzid but a pallopterid. Palloptera scutellata. It could even be a male specimen, which would be the first male specimen known from Germany I think. But it is a bit difficult to judge the sex after your photo's. Jan Willem van Zuijlen |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 02-12-2008 14:40
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14401 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Jan Willem! Jan Willem wrote: This is not a heleomyzid but a pallopterid. Palloptera scutellata. It could even be a male specimen, which would be the first male specimen known from Germany I think. But it is a bit difficult to judge the sex after your photo's. Very interesting, thank you very much! I also considered Pallopteridae at first, but all Palloptera species I found yet... http://insektenfo...adid=20753 http://insektenfo...adid=20011 http://insektenfo...adid=17155 ...had a different habitus and other attitude of holding the large wings, so I did not take a closer look into that family. This one reminded me even more of Opomozydae from habitus than of Pallopteridae. And I was convinced - whatever family it is - that this must have been a male because of the very small abdomen. Is the species rare here in central Europe? Or hasn't a male been found in Germany because of a mostly parthogenetic reproduction? In the checklist of my "Entomofauna germanica" (from 2002 or so) there is no species Palloptera scutellata listed. Here is an additional, larger (960x960) picture of the fly. But I'm afraid it will not help much more... http://insektenfo...ta_5mm.jpg Edited by Juergen Peters on 02-12-2008 14:42 Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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