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 Stratiomyidae, Odontomyia discolor from Greece
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| cosmln |
Posted on 05-05-2008 22:56
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 Member Location: Romania Posts: 956 Joined: 18.03.07 |
Hi, another fly from Grrece (last one for now). it is a Stratiomyid found in a we area south of Athena (not far from sea). a lot of them resting before the sunset on grass. (some collected). size ~7mm can be IDed? thanks in advance, cosmln [EDIT]: title updated... again cosmln attached the following image:  [84.61Kb] Edited by cosmln on 06-05-2008 20:32 |
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| cosmln |
Posted on 05-05-2008 22:56
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Member Location: Romania Posts: 956 Joined: 18.03.07 |
second (last) photo cosmln cosmln attached the following image:  [81.42Kb] |
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| Andre |
Posted on 06-05-2008 06:01
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 Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
Odontomyia sp., I would say out of the blue. Good that you collect as well  |
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| cosmln |
Posted on 06-05-2008 06:11
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Member Location: Romania Posts: 956 Joined: 18.03.07 |
Andre wrote: Odontomyia sp., I would say out of the blue. Good that you collect as well thank you Andre, i was thinking to this when looking thru the gallery. specially on Odontomyia ornata but this have much more longer antenna. maybe someone will come with more. cosmln |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 06-05-2008 10:32
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Golden hairs: could be argentata.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Maddin |
Posted on 06-05-2008 19:23
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 Member Location: Sacramento CA USA Posts: 194 Joined: 30.06.05 |
With the hairy eyes and the nearly invisible scutellar spines and the typical abdominal pattern, I would vote for Odontomyia discolor. Cheers Martin Martin Hauser |
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| cosmln |
Posted on 06-05-2008 20:31
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Member Location: Romania Posts: 956 Joined: 18.03.07 |
Maddin wrote: With the hairy eyes and the nearly invisible scutellar spines and the typical abdominal pattern, I would vote for Odontomyia discolor. Cheers Martin thanks Martin, i will change the title. is some character is needed for a definitive ID just le me know. some exemplary where collected so... also i will add this two photos to the gallery (this species is not yet there). cosmln |
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