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 Medetera to ID
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 08-05-2008 21:24
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 Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
Is it possible to know the species of these Medetera specimens? And, if you could ID the prey on the 2nd photo, it would be nice too  .location: Barcelos, Portugal date: 08/05/2008    |
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| Sue Southway |
Posted on 09-05-2008 12:23
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Member Location: New Forest, Hampshire, UK Posts: 32 Joined: 07.03.07 |
Hi, Rui, can't help with the Medetera, but the prey item is a grass aphid, probably Atheroides serrulatus which is very widespread throughout Europe. They are great photos, Sue  |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 11-05-2008 22:45
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
Thank you Sue, an aphid, ha ! A very very strange one, and I don't find any photos on the net  . |
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| Igor Grichanov |
Posted on 28-05-2008 10:25
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 Member Location: St.Petersburg, Russia Posts: 1808 Joined: 17.08.06 |
Rui, these are Medetera truncorum group of species including also Medetera dendrobaena Kowarz and Medetera saxatilis Collin. You should catch male and make picture of hypopygium. Regards Igor Grichanov |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 28-05-2008 19:38
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14390 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Rui! By the way: phantastic photos of phantastic flies! I love those tiny critters...
Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 29-05-2008 22:05
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
Thank you very much Igor. By the way, if you could say something about this Medetera I will be grateful: http://www.dipter...post_62151 Hi Juergen! Thank you for your compliments. They are really nice and strange flies |
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| Igor Grichanov |
Posted on 30-05-2008 09:48
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Member Location: St.Petersburg, Russia Posts: 1808 Joined: 17.08.06 |
Doli females are hardly ID
Igor Grichanov |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 30-05-2008 20:00
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
Thanks Igor. |
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