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jorgemotalmeida	#1 Posted on 01-07-2009 03:08
Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06	Hi to all! So long time I didn't post here SO I will begin to share with you one fantastic fly I found in Apulia... It is another freakin' Mythicomyiidae - one of my favourite families - in Asteraceae (?) flower... Is it correct, Sundew? This is not so fantastic as the creamy yellow that Cor shoot in Turkey: http://diptera.in...d_id=22795 !!! That mythicomyiid is just unbelievable! And here comes the portuguese mythicomyiid. It has about 3 mm. It is an Empidideicus hackmani. Is it right, David? To see it bigger go here: http://www.flickr...1/sizes/o/ Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 01-07-2009 03:11


David Gibbs	#2 Posted on 01-07-2009 10:13
Member Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 833 Joined: 17.06.06	jorgemotalmeida wrote: It is an Empidideicus hackmani. Is it right, David? yes


jorgemotalmeida	#3 Posted on 01-07-2009 11:41
Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06	nice. These tiny flies are commoner than I thought!


Sundew	#4 Posted on 03-07-2009 00:14
Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3915 Joined: 28.07.07	Hi Jorge, Fine that you are back, and with such great flies! Of course this is an Asteraceae flowerhead, but to say more is daring. The little beast sits on a hermaphroditic ray floret, which points to subfamily Cichorioideae. However, to be sure, check if the corolla consists of 3 or 5 fused petals (the number of the free tips is decisive). 5 is Cichorioideae, and in this case all florets should show the same construction and there should be no disc florets. If so, we then have the choice between about 3.200 species... (Not all occur in Portugal, of course !) Edited by Sundew on 03-07-2009 00:14


jorgemotalmeida	#5 Posted on 03-07-2009 11:25
Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06	Thanks David and Sundew. If I recall well, there were 5 fuse petals. I will confirm this later. Maybe it helps if I say that this flower was found in sand dunes.