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Lauxaniidae - ID please
vida
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Posted on 30-05-2009 17:36
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This is a small fly - smaller than 5mm. It is from my garden in South Africa. Can somebody please help with an ID?
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Tephritidae, some Didacus sp.?
If you change the title to Tephritidae, it will attrackt the real experts on this family.
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Thank you Gerhard. Much appreciated.
 
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I'd suggest Lauxaniidae...
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Posted on 30-05-2009 19:18
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Thank you Paul. I had a look at the gallery and it looks very similar to the Lauxaniidae Pachycerina seticornis.
 
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Hi,
yes, it is very simillar to P. seticornis, so it is probably some Lauxanid, unfortunatelly i know only European fauna.
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The resemblence with Pachycerina is why I suggested Lauxaniidae. Smile
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Thank you Katka and Paul. Smile
 
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This is not only similar to Pachycerina, it IS in the genus Pachycerina! A very very nice photo!! I hope you have the specimen or specimens! In any case, it is not any of the Pachycerina described from the Afrotropics - the most similar appears to be P. vaga Adams from "Rhodesia" (=Zambia, Malawi or Zimbabwe) and Tanzania, but it disagrees with several characteristics of that species. The other species are from the Seychelles and Mauritius. Non-Afrotropical species are described from Europe (of course - P. seticornis and P. pulchra) as well as India and Southeast Asia. Very likely an undescribed species. Grin
 
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