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 Muscid (?) with golden hairs
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 05-10-2006 21:48
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14250 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello! This small (4-5 mm) fly, which I photographed 5 minutes ago just next to my PC  (Germany), has golden thorax hairs like a Pollenia but - besides the small size - also no Calliphorid wing venation. What is it? Thank in advance!
Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [37.06Kb] Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 05-10-2006 21:52
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14250 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello! Here another pic showing a little bit more of the wing venation. Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [35.89Kb] Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 05-10-2006 22:07
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7306 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Hi J?rgen - This wing venation is OK for Pollenia, and those wavy golden hairs are distinctive - I don't think any other calypterate has them (well, some of the scathophagids have golden hairs, but they can't be confused). Don't be worried by the small size. Rognes records some species as small as 4.5mm (usually the males are smaller).
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 06-10-2006 01:14
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14250 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Tony! Tony Irwin wrote: This wing venation is OK for Pollenia, and those wavy golden hairs are distinctive - I don't think any other calypterate has them (well, some of the scathophagids have golden hairs, but they can't be confused). Don't be worried by the small size. Rognes records some species as small as 4.5mm (usually the males are smaller). Thanks a lot! I thought, the bend in vein M was not sharp enough for a Callophorid, more like the "pseudo bend" of some Muscids. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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