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 Australian Dolichopodidae
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 08-11-2014 18:22
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 Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Can anyone suggest a family for this fly? Light trap, Townsville, Queensland. Graeme Cocks attached the following image:  [46.24Kb] Edited by Graeme Cocks on 08-11-2014 20:00 |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 08-11-2014 18:54
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7236 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Dolichopodidae
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 08-11-2014 19:59
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Thanks Tony. |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 08-11-2014 23:00
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10212 Joined: 22.10.10 |
If it were on the other side of the world I would call it Sympycninae. |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 09-11-2014 01:04
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Thanks John. I'll check out that subfamily. |
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| Stefan Naglis |
Posted on 09-11-2014 09:15
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Member Location: Switzerland Posts: 738 Joined: 27.12.08 |
Sympycnus sp. There are about 16 described species in Australia, many more await description. Edited by Stefan Naglis on 09-11-2014 09:18 |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 09-11-2014 20:03
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Thanks Stephan |
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| Marc Pollet |
Posted on 11-11-2014 00:59
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Member Location: Welle (Denderleeuw) Posts: 161 Joined: 02.06.05 |
Dear Graeme, the colleague that should be best placed to help you out with this specimen is Dan Bickel (Sydney Museum). It also looks like a Sympycnine to me, but the genus Sympycnus itself is a polyphyletic assemblage. Cheers, Marc |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 11-11-2014 01:49
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Thanks Marc |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 11-11-2014 05:21
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Dan Bickel confirms this is Sympycnus sp. |
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