Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Dolichopus
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 21-07-2006 17:20
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9542 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Moscow region, 21 july, 5mm. Wings obviosly dark, without akcilar corner, face silverish-white. By Bey-Bienko I've got Dolichopus longitarsis. Only female collected. Nikita Vikhrev attached the following image:  [88.49Kb] Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 21-07-2006 17:37
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
The female is a typical Dolichopus longitarsis. The male is not a Dolichopus at all but Gymnopternus chalybeus (in genus Hercostomus in your key). Both species are common in herb-rich fens. G. chalybeus loves the same habitat as the plant Comarum palustre (= Potentilla p.) and the fly is almost always found among dense stands of this plant. Kahis |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 21-07-2006 19:55
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9542 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Thank you Kahis. Tomorrow I'll come back for Gymnopternus chalybeus, it is good oppotunity to understand this genus! Place is exactly as you discribed. Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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