Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Sphaeroceridae sp.
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 07-01-2008 00:43
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Hi flyforum, some Sphaeroceridae sp., identification is difficult I think? place: Amsterdam forest date: 6-01-2008 size: 6-7mm Robert Heemskerk attached the following image:  [111.57Kb] |
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 07-01-2008 00:44
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 07-01-2008 00:44
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pic 3 (shitting!)
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 07-01-2008 00:46
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 07-01-2008 22:51
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Copromyza sp.
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 07-01-2008 23:37
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Member Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 2082 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Wow!, that's rather specific.. On the dutch specieslist: 1. Copromyza: 1. equina 2. nigrina 3. stercoraria Is it easy to explain what makes it Copromyza? Thankx in advance, Robert  |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 08-01-2008 10:41
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Robert Heemskerk wrote: Is it easy to explain what makes it Copromyza? Wing venation. In Leptocera and related genera, vein m is abbreviated. In Copromyza vein CuA 1 is abbreviated (as shown very clearly in your pictures 2 and 3). In Sphaerocera the veins are not shortened at all. Tony Irwin attached the following image:  [27.8Kb] Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 08-01-2008 11:38
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Not quite that simple, Tony. Those are the characters for the subfamily Copromyzinae. Within that family, Copromyza shuld have a single row of post ocular setae (might be, but I cannot say that with certainty) and there should be a apical spur ventrally on the hind tibiae (none of the pictures has the right angle to confirm its presence). Still, I think you might be right. Based on the dust pattern on the anepisternum (mesopleuron) it should be C. equina. Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-01-2008 12:24
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Only for those which are not familiar with the terms: "Those are the characters for the subfamily Copromyzinae. Within that family, Copromyza should have a single row of post ocular setae (might be, but I cannot say that with certainty) and there should be a apical  spur ventrally on the hind tibiae (none of the pictures has the right angle to confirm its presence).Still, I think you might be right. Based on the dust pattern on the anepisternum (mesopleuron) it should be C. equina." setae is the plural form, seta is the singular form. See here for more details (7th post): http://www.dipter...ad_id=8790 spur - very strong bristle/seta. See for example Mycetophilidae - Neoclastobasis sibirica - (http://diptera.in...to_id=2440 -- gallery) that has spurs in tibiae. see here for anepisternum (=mesopleuron) -it is the number 21 http://www.dipter...ad_id=8803 Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 08-01-2008 12:25 |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 08-01-2008 12:52
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7306 Joined: 19.11.04 |
My apologies - Paul is correct - I should have said Copromyzinae, rather than Copromyza.
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