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Heleomyzidae: Eccoptomera? (24.06.09) --> E. pallescens
Juergen Peters
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Posted on 28-06-2009 20:14
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Hello!

I guess this 5 mm fly from the light in our garden (again...) is a Heleomyzid (northwest Germany).
Juergen Peters attached the following image:


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Edited by Juergen Peters on 28-06-2009 21:45
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two preapicals on second tibia !
So E. pallescens Grin
Edited by Andrzej on 28-06-2009 21:41
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Hello, Andrzej!

Andrzej wrote:
two preapicals on second tibia !
So E. pallescens Grin


Nice, an ID to the species with this bad photo! Grin Thanks a lot!
Edited by Juergen Peters on 28-06-2009 21:45
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This thread seems useful for me too, may I ask an additional question on Eccoptomera (females)?

I caught one such specimen in Ab: Turku (Finland) 22.6. 2009, and the remarkable thing in it was its colour: totally red-orange. I suspected E. pallescens, but this photo reveals that at least in the above case the thorax is dark.

Yet it also has two dorsal preapicals on the 2nd tibia (as Andrzej highlighted), so is there colour variation or sexual dimorphism in this species? My keys (Bei-Bienko, Collin) are verbally very scanty with these female heleomyzids...
 
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E. pallescens has the is not totally red-orange !.
With all probability it is another species ! you caught Smile.
How many strong dorsolateral bristles on third femur are seen ?
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