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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-07-2008 12:01
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Hi This is a beautiful fly I saw in Serra da Estrela. It is one of the most impressive flies there.  Who am I?This is easy too.. not so like the other IV. 
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 03-07-2008 12:34
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 Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Bombylius ... ? |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-07-2008 12:36
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
good try. But no, it is not a Bombylius. |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 03-07-2008 14:40
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5550 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Thereva sp, male?
Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-07-2008 15:49
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
no. You are very cold, Gabor. This is not easy like the IV.  |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 03-07-2008 17:33
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 Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3122 Joined: 19.06.07 |
Systoechus sp.? |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-07-2008 17:40
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Nops. eheh... it seems that it is harder than I thought  |
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| javanerkelens |
Posted on 03-07-2008 19:08
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 Member Location: Netherlands Posts: 2962 Joined: 18.10.07 |
I wil do a try....Tabanidae ? Greatings Joke |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-07-2008 19:10
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
no! much colder now.  try again. |
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| javanerkelens |
Posted on 03-07-2008 19:21
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Member Location: Netherlands Posts: 2962 Joined: 18.10.07 |
Last try than... Lordotus sp. Greatings Joke |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-07-2008 19:30
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
no. And as far as I know we have no Lordotus. But I'm not sure. |
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| JariF |
Posted on 03-07-2008 19:30
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06 |
Coenomyiidae Jari |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-07-2008 19:31
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
no! I wish it would be one of them. Try again. This fly appeared before in diptera.info. (... great hint, isn?t it?
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| javanerkelens |
Posted on 03-07-2008 19:56
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Member Location: Netherlands Posts: 2962 Joined: 18.10.07 |
Than it must be Geron sp. (also from Sardinia ??......) Joke |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-07-2008 20:02
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
no. I will give a hint. They are huge considering the family. now it is easy. I could give another hint, but in next time. |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-07-2008 20:20
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
now, you must know it: it has vittae on scutum. |
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| javanerkelens |
Posted on 03-07-2008 21:15
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Member Location: Netherlands Posts: 2962 Joined: 18.10.07 |
now it is easy. Not for me..... The only one I know is..Parageron sp. (but is probleby also wrong) I wil give it up....  Greating Joke |
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| David Gibbs |
Posted on 03-07-2008 21:20
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male Parageron incisus |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-07-2008 21:21
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
AHA! You are in the right track!!! Yes, this is Parageron! Therevids and Coenomyiids don't have eyes compressed at the middle like this one. Also the head profile is not typical for those families. It has a grey gena and some macrotrichia. And note the proboscis. |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-07-2008 21:21
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Correct, David. |
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