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| Louis Boumans |
Posted on 01-06-2005 22:23
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Member Location: NO Oslo Posts: 262 Joined: 09.06.04 |
I found this specimen dead and fairly damaged in my house. It is reminiscent of Palloptera. Or maybe Lauxaniidae? I checked P. trimacula on the internet (http://www.funet....cula-1.jpg) but the fly on that picture has a somewhat different wing pattern. Can some of you identify if by the wing pattern alone? Louis |
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| Louis Boumans |
Posted on 01-06-2005 22:41
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Member Location: NO Oslo Posts: 262 Joined: 09.06.04 |
I'm sorry, somehow my picture won't attach.. The size is small enough though (32 K . |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 02-06-2005 08:27
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19307 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Check if there is a space in the name (may prevent upload) and that the extension is not in capitals. Otherwise, send it to me by email and I will attach it.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Louis Boumans |
Posted on 02-06-2005 22:38
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Member Location: NO Oslo Posts: 262 Joined: 09.06.04 |
indeed, i had both spaces in the file name and capitals in the extension . so i try to upload again. The fly is approx. 9 mm long. 
Edited by Louis Boumans on 02-06-2005 22:45 |
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| Jan Willem |
Posted on 17-06-2005 19:38
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 Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2134 Joined: 24.07.04 |
In the meantime I have studied the specimen concerned. When I saw it, it was immediately clear to me that it is not a pallopterid, but a specimen of the family Piophilidae, subfamily Neottiophilinae. It is a female of Neottiophilum praeustum (Meigen, 1826); an ectoparasite in birds' nests. Although it has been recorded first from The Netherlands only in 1973 (Oosterbroek), it has since been collected at several localities in The Netherlands. Although I have no good overview of the data of this species, I think it is not uncommon in The Netherlands. Jan Willem |
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| Louis Boumans |
Posted on 21-06-2005 00:23
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Member Location: NO Oslo Posts: 262 Joined: 09.06.04 |
Thanks, Jan Willem! I never before came across a member of this family! Louis |
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