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 Mushroom-fly Suillia?
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 02-09-2006 22:18
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 Member Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 2082 Joined: 17.10.05 |
hello flyforum, This afternoon I found this fly, sitting on a mushroom. It got plumo arista and strange coloured part of the scutum (let's say purple shoulders) further the apical bristels looks rather strong (that could be my (low)experience) Is this a Suillia-fly?, and what kind of suillia? size ~ 10 mm place: Gaasperplas (lake near Amsterdam) Robert Heemskerk attached the following image:  [68.93Kb] Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 02-09-2006 22:39 |
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 02-09-2006 22:18
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Member Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 2082 Joined: 17.10.05 |
fly 2
Robert Heemskerk attached the following image:  [70.36Kb] Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 02-09-2006 22:19 |
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 02-09-2006 22:18
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Member Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 2082 Joined: 17.10.05 |
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Robert Heemskerk attached the following image:  [60.55Kb] Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 02-09-2006 22:19 |
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| Robert Nash |
Posted on 04-09-2006 14:36
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Member Location: Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland Posts: 288 Joined: 11.11.05 |
Top/bottom photos "Small to medium sized fly: yellow/dark brown/ black. Wings with small but distinctly longer, well-spaced spines mixed with the shorter spines (not visible) along the leading edge (costa); clouded".Heleomyzidae. Almost certainly Suillia sp. but nearly 50 species in this genus. Middle photo. Same individual? Doesn't look quite right. Robert Edited by Robert Nash on 04-09-2006 14:46 |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 04-09-2006 14:46
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9539 Joined: 24.05.05 |
I think so. 1+4 dc lead to Suillia. As for species level ID you have to wait Andrzey anywait. Grace to Andrzey, I havn't real respoinsibility for my own reply, so I dare say that I think it well may be male of Suillia variegata. Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 04-09-2006 15:49
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Member Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 2082 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Hi Robert en Nikita, The second fly is the same fly as shown in first and last picture. The light is different, its from another angle and a bit enlarged..(that makes the difference I think). Is the mushroom typical in the behaviour of this flies? or is it accidental? Thanks a lot!, Perhabs another specialist can confirm your idea Nikita. That would be nice robert heemskerk, Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 04-09-2006 15:50 |
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| Robert Nash |
Posted on 04-09-2006 16:01
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Member Location: Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland Posts: 288 Joined: 11.11.05 |
Hi Robert So O.K. The larvae of the Holarctic (Palearctic+North America)Suillinae occur principally in fungi. The mushroom fly proper is Lycoriella auripila (Diptera: Sciaridae). Cheers Robert Edited by Robert Nash on 05-09-2006 17:11 |
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| Andrzej |
Posted on 04-09-2006 16:40
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Member Location: Poland Posts: 2423 Joined: 05.01.06 |
Yes, Nikita is rigth !. A classic male of Suillia variegata common in Mediterranean Basin and not rare in the Northern part of West-Europe !. Andrzej |
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 04-09-2006 23:43
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Member Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 2082 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Thanks a lot Robert and Andrzej! |
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