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 Little tachinid fly - Phasia sp.
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| digitalg |
Posted on 17-08-2006 13:46
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 51 Joined: 31.07.06 |
A little explanation: The image I have of a typical fly is that of a house-fly, a calliphorid or sarchophagid, these kind of proportions. My brain always thinks first of something else than a fly looking bug when looks at things like asilids or rhagionids or even dolis ...  And this is the smallest fly (looking like a fly  ) I've seen so far, no more than 3mm long! And I have no ideia of what it is!2006/04/27 - Portugal center - pathway amongst crop fields digitalg attached the following image:  [69.31Kb] Edited by digitalg on 18-08-2006 09:31 Armando Frazão http://bugs.digit... |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 17-08-2006 15:55
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7236 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Tachinidae - Phasia pusilla male. (Now I hold my breath and wait for Theo's correction! )
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 17-08-2006 18:18
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9350 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Tony, let's wait Theo altogether. I vote for Phasia barbifrons. Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 17-08-2006 19:01
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18823 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Well, currently a draw! It's either one of those Phasia mentioned, and I cannot tell at the moment. If digitalg can post an enlargement of the head area, we may still be able to decide ... Theo |
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| digitalg |
Posted on 18-08-2006 10:07
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 51 Joined: 31.07.06 |
Ha! we're back online Being this a small fly, and the focus not being perfect (some wind and only one chance) I really don't know if we can get more detail on the head. But here it is ... Thank you all digitalg attached the following image:  [112.77Kb] Armando Frazão http://bugs.digit... |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 18-08-2006 11:54
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18823 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Thanks Armando ! Good enough for the ID. It is barbifrons. You can count the number of rows of the hairs on the parafrontalia by looking at their roots (dark spot on silvery background) . (Sorry Tony) Theo |
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| digitalg |
Posted on 18-08-2006 12:02
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 51 Joined: 31.07.06 |
The things a person can see when one knows what to look for! I had read the other Phasia thread and it did look to me that there were hairs and not bristles here. Armando Frazão http://bugs.digit... |
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