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 Green and yellow flies on sanddunes
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| Krister Hall |
Posted on 29-11-2007 12:03
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 Member Location: Sweden Posts: 42 Joined: 28.07.07 |
I found these two flies on Grey Hair Grass, Corynephorus canescens. Even though one of them i green and the other is yellow I suspect that they belong to the same species or at least the same genus. Any one who can help me to identify them ? Thanks, /Krister Krister Hall attached the following image:  [52.13Kb] |
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| Krister Hall |
Posted on 29-11-2007 12:04
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Member Location: Sweden Posts: 42 Joined: 28.07.07 |
different angle
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| Krister Hall |
Posted on 29-11-2007 12:05
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The yellow one
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| Krister Hall |
Posted on 29-11-2007 12:06
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The yellow one different angel
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| Kahis |
Posted on 29-11-2007 12:32
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
Meromyza (Chloropidae). The two flies are probably of the same species: the pale green one is a female, the yellowish green one a male. Idenstification of Meromyza species is difficult. Happily your fly is one of the few which can be identified from photographs with any certainty: M. pratorum, by the following characters: * yellow palpi * adbomen with one like and two spots * frons strongly extended * sternopleural spot yellow (ventral side, between legs 1&2) M. pratorum is the largest species of the genus in N. Europe. It is common on dry meadows. Kahis |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 29-11-2007 12:41
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Meromyza of the Chloropidae. You have both female (top two) and male (bottom two) specimens.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Krister Hall |
Posted on 29-11-2007 12:53
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Member Location: Sweden Posts: 42 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Thanks, Kahis and Paul! |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 29-11-2007 13:29
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Krister These are super little flies and great photos. I hope you are going to submit them to the gallery 
Susan |
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