Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Wingless fly
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| Krister Hall |
Posted on 28-11-2007 15:52
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 Member Location: Sweden Posts: 42 Joined: 28.07.07 |
These are quite common on the beach here in south Sweden. Anyone who can identify it ? Thanks, /Krister Krister Hall attached the following image:  [63.52Kb] |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 28-11-2007 16:04
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9552 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Sphaeroceridae
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Krister Hall |
Posted on 28-11-2007 16:09
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Member Location: Sweden Posts: 42 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Thank you Nikita |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 28-11-2007 16:52
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
Hmm, it kind of looks like Crumomyia pedestris (Sphaeroceridae), but the Finnish specimens I've seen at lessa hairy.
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| Kahis |
Posted on 28-11-2007 16:54
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
When was the photo taken? In mid-summer? autumn? yesterday?
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| Krister Hall |
Posted on 28-11-2007 17:04
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Member Location: Sweden Posts: 42 Joined: 28.07.07 |
I usually see them in may(this is the case with this one as well may 11) around banks of algae.
Krister Hall attached the following image:  [44.52Kb] Edited by Krister Hall on 28-11-2007 17:14 |
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| Krister Hall |
Posted on 28-11-2007 17:15
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Member Location: Sweden Posts: 42 Joined: 28.07.07 |
When I take a closer look it actually has wings, but very reduced....
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 28-11-2007 18:41
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Please compare with Crumomyia pedestris (Meigen, 1830) female, f. brach., collected on April 11, 2006, ID credits: Jind?ich Roh??ek.
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