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 Seaweed fly
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 12-08-2008 21:07
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Is this fly Malacomyia sciomyzina, Heterocheila buccata or something else ? Mouth edge is projecting, there are meral setulae, no costal break, only lower calypter slightly developped. According Seguy's keys, it might be Malacomyia sciomyzina, but I don't know this fly. Sorry for the bad quality of the photo. Sea coast, Saint-Jouin Bruneval, France. 12.VIII.2008 Size : 5.5 mm. Stephane Lebrun attached the following image:  [97.25Kb] Edited by Stephane Lebrun on 13-08-2008 17:49 Stephane. |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 12-08-2008 22:52
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Another bad picture. I'll try to do better shots tomorrow...
Stephane Lebrun attached the following image:  [70.42Kb] Stephane. |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 12-08-2008 23:09
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7337 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Stephane - Can you take a photo of the other side, so that we can have a good view of the katepisternum (=sternopleuron)? The shape of the upper suture and the anterodorsal inclination of the katepisternal bristle are characteristic in Coelopidae. Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 13-08-2008 11:19
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
That's the only shot I managed to do, on another specimen.  It shows the ks shape and ks seta orientation. Stephane Lebrun attached the following image:  [118.61Kb] Stephane. |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 13-08-2008 20:37
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7337 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Well, I think it looks good for Coelopidae - so I think this is Malacomyia. 
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 13-08-2008 20:54
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Yeah ! Thanks for your help Tony. 
Stephane. |
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