Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Ephydridae, Trimerina or Athyroglossa?
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 06-04-2008 17:24
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 Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3346 Joined: 17.10.05 |
April 05, 2008, Naro-Fominsk, Moscow region, Russia. Size 2 mm.
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 06-04-2008 17:26
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Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3346 Joined: 17.10.05 |
One more image. I'm not really sure whether abdominal segments I and V are short enough. Dmitry Gavryushin attached the following image:  [95.39Kb] |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 06-04-2008 23:33
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7344 Joined: 19.11.04 |
I'd call this Trimerina - I think madizans is the only species in your area.
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 07-04-2008 03:12
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Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3346 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Many thanks Tony. T. madizans develops in cocoons of spiders. |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 07-04-2008 08:25
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
Tony Irwin wrote: I'd call this Trimerina - I think madizans is the only species in your area. There's a second possible species: T. indistincta Krivosheina 2004. See Krivosheina, M. G. 2004: New Data on Shore Flies of the Genus Trimerina (Diptera, Ephydridae) in The Palaearctic Region, with Description of a New Species from Finland. Entomol. Rev. 84(3): 381-384. Kahis |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 08-04-2008 07:03
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Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3346 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Thanks Jere - I've already forwarded all collected specimens of early spring shore flies to Marina Krivosheina so we'll know soon. |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 17-04-2008 08:57
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Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3346 Joined: 17.10.05 |
T. madizans confirmed by Marina Krivosheina. |
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