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 And this one?
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| lynkos |
Posted on 04-12-2005 18:45
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Member Location: Rome, Italy Posts: 466 Joined: 20.06.05 |
Another from this afternoon, very little, just 2/3 mm. Thanks, Sarah |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 04-12-2005 21:17
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
Finally an easy one! I've been getting desperate: maybe this, probably that  This is a Scaptomyza (Drosophilidae). Most species have a number of colour forms. This one looks like the very typical 'dark morph' of S. pallida, a very common fly practically everywhere. pallida is easy to identify under a microscope since it has onle two rows of acrostichal setae along the mid-dorsal stripe; all other European species have 4 ac rows (I lie but only slightly, S. clavigera from the Azores is also two-rowed). Edited by Kahis on 04-12-2005 21:17 Kahis |
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| lynkos |
Posted on 04-12-2005 21:20
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Member Location: Rome, Italy Posts: 466 Joined: 20.06.05 |
Great! I had thought of a Drosophila, ma non avevo mai visto uno cos? scuro. Thanks, Sarah |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 04-12-2005 21:48
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
lynkos wrote: Great! I had thought of a Drosophila, ma non avevo mai visto uno cos? scuro. Thanks, Sarah Kyll? ne joskus ovat n?in tummia, eik? ainoastaan Scaptomyza-suvussa. My?s Drosophilassa on kokotummia lajeja. Terveisin Jere |
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| lynkos |
Posted on 04-12-2005 21:54
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Member Location: Rome, Italy Posts: 466 Joined: 20.06.05 |
Oooops... ! It just sort of slips out sometimes. Let's try again - Great! I had thought of a Drosophila, but I had never seen one so dark before! Is that better  Sarah |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 05-12-2005 09:48
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
1. This is definitely a male of Scaptomyza pallida. 2. The species of the Drosophila obscura group are even darker: black with reddish eyes and usually yellowish legs. Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| lynkos |
Posted on 05-12-2005 12:39
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Member Location: Rome, Italy Posts: 466 Joined: 20.06.05 |
Thanks for the confirmation Paul, Sarah |
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