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 My Tiniest Fly Yet, Round Head, What Family?
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| Stephen |
Posted on 01-09-2006 00:19
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
This little fellow measured only 1.6 mm. What a round head, and what a very distinct neck. I know the picture is not the best; hard to see the rear of the wings, for example. What family? Resting on a squash leaf, open area near woodlands, West Virginia USA, 5 August 2006. Thanks for any help you can provide! Stephen attached the following image:  [79.7Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 01-09-2006 01:56
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14378 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Stephen! I may be wrong, but I think that critter does not belong into Diptera but into Hymenoptera. Some kind of parasitic wasp (?). Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Jan Willem |
Posted on 01-09-2006 07:11
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Hi Stephen, I think J?rgen is right! Jan Willem |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 01-09-2006 07:31
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
I am thinking of Diapriidae.
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| Robert Nash |
Posted on 01-09-2006 09:27
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Member Location: Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland Posts: 288 Joined: 11.11.05 |
Tiny size, paddle-shaped fringed wings with very reduced venation, jizz suggest Mymaridae a family erected by our (Ireland) countryman Alexander Henry Haliday . as a possibility (no time to check now) but Paul may well be right. Robert In the meantime take a look at http://hymenoptera.tamu.edu/keys/?taxcpl=cpl&taxcpl_id=1 which keys some reduced venation Hymenoptera |
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| Robert Nash |
Posted on 01-09-2006 09:39
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Member Location: Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland Posts: 288 Joined: 11.11.05 |
Paul was right Diapriidae Nice mid 19th century plates family description at http://delta-intkey.com/britin/hym/www/diapriid.htm |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 01-09-2006 09:40
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
The antennal implants are too close together for Mymaridae and the shape of the antennal segments is also off. 
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| Robert Nash |
Posted on 01-09-2006 09:46
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Member Location: Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland Posts: 288 Joined: 11.11.05 |
Couldn't put it better myself. Maybe next we should start Hymen.info Robert |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 01-09-2006 10:59
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Juergen, Jan, Paul, Robert, I am impressed, you not only do Diptera but Hymenoptera as well. Thanks for setting me straight on this one. While I can no longer say this is the tiniest Dipteran I have ever photographed, it is nevertheless the tiniest wasp. Thanks again!
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| proctoss |
Posted on 01-09-2006 11:00
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 191 Joined: 12.08.06 |
Paul Beuk wrote: I am thinking of Diapriidae. Yes, it is my family Diapriidae, Trichopria sp.  |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 01-09-2006 11:11
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
proctoss wrote: Yes, it is my family Diapriidae, Trichopria sp. Hence your avatar.
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| Stephen |
Posted on 02-09-2006 01:33
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Wow, genus too, thank-you Proctoss.
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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