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Eulophidae under Polietes lardarius
Andre Jas	#1 Posted on 03-10-2006 19:13
Member Location: Georgsdorf, Germany Posts: 485 Joined: 04.10.04	Good evening, I just spotted this tiny fly on my image of some sort of Sarcopaga. Any ideas? And do you know if it's there by coincidence or that ther's some sort of relationship? Thanks, Andr Andre Jas attached the following image: [45.42Kb] Edited by Andre Jas on 27-10-2006 22:59


Andre Jas	#2 Posted on 03-10-2006 19:13
Member Location: Georgsdorf, Germany Posts: 485 Joined: 04.10.04	2 Andre Jas attached the following image: [23.25Kb] Edited by Andre Jas on 03-10-2006 19:14


Paul Beuk	#3 Posted on 03-10-2006 19:14
Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04	It is a chalcidoid wasp... Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info


Gerard Pennards	#4 Posted on 03-10-2006 19:23
Member Location: Amersfoort Posts: 1914 Joined: 07.06.04	And to be more specific: it's looks like a chalcidoid from the family Eulophidae! And it must be a coincidence with the fly, these wasps are parasites of small larvae and pupae. Greetings, Greetings, Gerard Pennards


Tony Irwin	#5 Posted on 03-10-2006 19:54
Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7306 Joined: 19.11.04	And the Sarcophaga is actually a muscid - Polietes lardarius male (the hairy eyes are a big clue - I don't think any Sarcophagidae have hairy eyes, and also there's no bend in vein M) Tony ---------- Tony Irwin


proctoss	#6 Posted on 03-10-2006 20:08
Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 191 Joined: 12.08.06	Yes, Eulophidae


Andre Jas	#7 Posted on 03-10-2006 20:20
Member Location: Georgsdorf, Germany Posts: 485 Joined: 04.10.04	Thank you all for your contributions! Odd though I googled Polietes lardarius, and found out there are hardly any images to be found. Strange, because I think it's a beautifull fly. Andr Edited by Andre Jas on 03-10-2006 21:55