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 Dolichopodid courtship - Hercostomus?
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| Sundew |
Posted on 18-09-2011 16:01
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3890 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Hi, When I saw the nice pic of the courtship of Hercostomus germanus in the gallery I remembered that I had seen a similar funny behaviour in Tyrol, Austria (Niederthai, 1.650 m) in August, 2010. The male was up in the air in close vicinity of another male, however. A female was also present. Is this behaviour typical for Hercostomus germanus and thus an ID help, or do my flies belong to another taxon? Thanks for help, Sundew Here are the males: Sundew attached the following image:  [165.62Kb] Edited by Sundew on 19-09-2011 12:30 |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 18-09-2011 16:03
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3890 Joined: 28.07.07 |
This is the female:
Sundew attached the following image:  [137.79Kb] |
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| Igor Grichanov |
Posted on 19-09-2011 08:42
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 Member Location: St.Petersburg, Russia Posts: 1696 Joined: 17.08.06 |
It is Hercostomus and I think many species of the genus have the same nuptial behaviour. It also loks like H. germanus.
Igor Grichanov |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 19-09-2011 12:32
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3890 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Many thanks, Igor - so Hercostomus cf. germanus should be ok. |
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but don't see the image in the post.
