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 Phaonia amabilis
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| cyprinoid |
Posted on 05-06-2010 22:39
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 Member Location: Norway Posts: 1751 Joined: 19.06.09 |
Norway, 05.06.10
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| cyprinoid |
Posted on 05-06-2010 22:40
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Member Location: Norway Posts: 1751 Joined: 19.06.09 |
dorsal
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| cyprinoid |
Posted on 05-06-2010 22:42
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Member Location: Norway Posts: 1751 Joined: 19.06.09 |
Maybe even Phaonia? It is late and I am clueless as usual 
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 06-06-2010 19:50
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Phaonia seems correct. Phaonia amabilis or P. villana are two possible candidates to me.
Stephane. |
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| cyprinoid |
Posted on 06-06-2010 20:59
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Member Location: Norway Posts: 1751 Joined: 19.06.09 |
Anything I can show you that would nail it? I have several more pics.
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 07-06-2010 19:36
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
A large an acute crop on notopleuron...
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| cyprinoid |
Posted on 07-06-2010 20:00
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Member Location: Norway Posts: 1751 Joined: 19.06.09 |
Here you have it from two angles, I hope this is sufficient.
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 07-06-2010 21:04
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Thank you for these additional pictures : notopleuron seems bare as I expected, what would rule in Phaonia amabilis (=rufiseta) according to the keys. It is not recorded from Norway, but very near (from Sweden). It seems also that your fly has the crucial character distinguishing it from the similar Phaonia : on P. amabilis, the two median stripes on scutum, seen from behind, are fused to form a single broad stripe, exactly as we can see on your 2nd picture. A view from behind could confirm that, but I am already confident. Also the base of 3rd antennal article which is yellow speak for this species...
Edited by Stephane Lebrun on 07-06-2010 21:06 Stephane. |
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| cyprinoid |
Posted on 08-06-2010 08:03
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Member Location: Norway Posts: 1751 Joined: 19.06.09 |
That is great! Should findings like this be reported somewhere? Thank you again for all your help! Hyperbolizer |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 08-06-2010 20:20
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
It was a pleasure to work with you.  It is always worth reporting new records of course, but I think the ID must be confirmed with a specimen in hands before, it is wiser. Stephane. |
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| cyprinoid |
Posted on 08-06-2010 21:08
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Member Location: Norway Posts: 1751 Joined: 19.06.09 |
Yes, I thought so, I could easily have caught it Well I will collect more seriously later in life. Hyperbolizer |
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| cyprinoid |
Posted on 10-06-2010 21:20
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Member Location: Norway Posts: 1751 Joined: 19.06.09 |
Thought maybe fellow members would need a laugh: This is how bad I am at collecting flies: EDIT: I posted here because this is the species I was looking for... cyprinoid attached the following image:  [168.4Kb] Edited by cyprinoid on 10-06-2010 21:23 Hyperbolizer |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 10-06-2010 21:31
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5248 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Nice work Hakon....weren't you working in Accident & Emergency when I fell off the scaffolding last year. I recognise your work.... Roger...still hobbling about without the aid of a Zimmerframe, just. EDIT; Which model of Dyson Vacuum Cleaner do you use...so I can buy a different model
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| cyprinoid |
Posted on 11-06-2010 07:24
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Member Location: Norway Posts: 1751 Joined: 19.06.09 |
This is why I stick to photos for the time being, I could post a pic of my entire "collection", though it bares many similarities to my two-year-old's collection of accumulated slugs after an hour of 'bug hunting', most of which are stuck to his hands. To be serious, I caught it in a plastic cup with a lid, and when closing the lid the fly was on its way out Hyperbolizer |
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but don't see the image in the post.