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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 03-10-2006 20:11
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9459 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Turkey, Side, sand dunas, 6-7 mm. Fly has unusual flight (I'd say it flys 'on tiptoes' and sitting move like Mantis. Something between Chyromyidae and Trixoscelididae? Nikita Vikhrev attached the following image:  [68.46Kb] Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 03-10-2006 21:54
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9459 Joined: 24.05.05 |
I think, I understood! It is Crutonotum of Crutonotidae! Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 03-10-2006 22:19
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7286 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Nice one! (I think it's Curtonotum of Curtonotidae) 
Edited by Tony Irwin on 03-10-2006 22:20 Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 03-10-2006 22:26
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9459 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Yes, Curtonotum, sorry. I seems not a common fly with only one known species in Palearctic - Curtonotum anus. And in my literature it lives in wet forests, not in sand dunas! Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 03-10-2006 23:01
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7286 Joined: 19.11.04 |
One Curtonotum has been reported feeding on rotting eggpods of desert locust in East Africa, and other African species are recorded from warthog and aardvark burrows. (I hope you've got a male!)
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 06-10-2006 06:48
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9459 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Totaly I met 3 (2 + 1?) specimens of Curtonotum on sand dunas. All near excremets. Is there any key or whatever to check the species (as far as I understood in Israel, for example, there is another species)? Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 11-10-2006 09:34
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 Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3338 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Abstract of an article, Observations on the biology and anatomy of Curtonotidae (Diptera: Schizophora), by J. N. Pollock (Journal of Natural History, Volume 36, Number 14 / October 10, 2002, pp. 1725 - 1745): New information concerning the biology and anatomy of Cyrtona spp. and Curtonotum quinquevittatum is given. During the hot, dry season the latter species leaves its warthog burrow refuges at night. Cyrtona spp. rest in densely shaded humid habitats during the same season, dispersing in the cooler seasons. |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 11-10-2006 09:50
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Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3338 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Meier, R., Kotrba, M., Barber, K. 1997. On the natural history and morphology of the egg, first instar larva, puparium, and female reproductive system of Curtonotum helvum (Curtonotidae; Ephydroidea; Diptera). American Museum Novitates 3219:1-20. http://digitallib.../N3219.pdf |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 11-10-2006 09:58
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Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3338 Joined: 17.10.05 |
LES ENNEMIS NATURELS DES CRIQUETS DU SAHEL, by GREATHEAD D. J., KOOYMAN C., LAUNOIS-LUONG M. H. & POPOV G. B. Collection Acridologie Op?rationnelle no 8 (1994) locust.cirad.fr/o.../DFPV8.pdf Some information on Curtonotidae on pp. 17-18. |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 11-10-2006 12:29
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9459 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Thank you Dima.
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| Stephen |
Posted on 11-10-2006 23:52
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
What a fantastic fly! Turkey was very good to you.
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 12-10-2006 11:01
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9459 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Yes, Stephen, I falled in love from first glance on this creature - Curtonotum! Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 08-11-2006 14:50
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9459 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Curtunotidae is another family of Emilia Nartchuk. Her answer was - "Well, if not new species, than C. anus" Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 02-12-2006 18:05
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9459 Joined: 24.05.05 |
I compared my Curtonotum with Curtonotum from Moscow Zool Museum (1 from Astrkhan, 1 from Far East). I didn't find any difference, so I send my images for our Gallery.
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