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milichiidae, little black preditors?
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uwe |
Posted on 19-10-2008 11:10
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Member Location: rotterdam Posts: 218 Joined: 11.10.08 |
this family is new to me, am i wrong? uwe uwe attached the following image: [76.9Kb] |
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Jan Willem |
Posted on 19-10-2008 12:14
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Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2135 Joined: 24.07.04 |
I think you are wrong. These specimens, at least the ones on picture two and three, look like calyptrates to me. But there are several people on this forum who can give a better judgement.
Edited by Jan Willem on 19-10-2008 12:15 Jan Willem van Zuijlen |
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Gordon |
Posted on 19-10-2008 15:08
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Member Location: Lake Kerkini, Greece Posts: 1099 Joined: 02.01.08 |
I agree with Jan, but that doesn't mean much as I know less than him. We had a thread about a month back in which a small, black, shiny predatory fly was IDed as Coenosia atra or something like that, I think they said it was distinctive, recognisable, so maybe it is the same. Have a look at http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=16166 Gordon Edited by Gordon on 19-10-2008 15:19 |
uwe |
Posted on 19-10-2008 20:07
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Member Location: rotterdam Posts: 218 Joined: 11.10.08 |
thank you, even i am stil unsfhure about the family uwe |
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jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 19-10-2008 20:11
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
I'd say Muscidae- Maybe an Hydrotaea sp. |
Xespok |
Posted on 20-10-2008 08:07
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Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5550 Joined: 02.03.05 |
I'd say 1. no idea, could be an acalyptrate, pic too indisctinct. 2. Could be Lonchaeidae, but can not exclude a Muscid, again poor pic quality 3. I think a male Fannia.
Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
Iain MacGowan |
Posted on 21-10-2008 15:03
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Member Location: Perth, Scotland Posts: 445 Joined: 25.11.04 |
I agree that top right photo is Lonchaeidae, the broad, blue/black thorax is distinctive. This is not the first time there have been photographs of Lonchaeids feeding on dead flies on the forum - there was a pic of one feeding on a Syrphid a few months ago - they obviously have a taste for their own kind! ....... Iain Iain MacGowan |
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Jan Willem |
Posted on 22-10-2008 07:55
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Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2135 Joined: 24.07.04 |
I didn't know Lonchaeidae show behaviour like that.
Jan Willem van Zuijlen |
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