Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Haematopota sp.
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| Ben Hamers |
Posted on 19-06-2005 21:20
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Member Location: Heerlen ( Holland ) Posts: 739 Joined: 16.12.04 |
Good evening, I saw this fly last week in Heerlen. Is the thickened first part of the antennae enough reason to call it Haematopota crassicornis ? Thanks, Ben Ben Hamers attached the following image:  [86.91Kb] Edited by Ben Hamers on 23-05-2012 19:09 |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 20-06-2005 15:16
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19223 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Hi Ben, No, this feature in only significant in the female sex. This looks to me like a male (eyes meeting on another). Can you confirm that ? Theo Zeegers |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 20-06-2005 15:17
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19223 Joined: 21.07.04 |
By the way, just noticed that the third antennal segment is orange at base. In crassicornis, it is completely black. Therefore, this cannot be crassicornis. Most likely it is a male of Haematopota pluvialis. Theo Zeegers |
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| Ben Hamers |
Posted on 20-06-2005 16:15
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Member Location: Heerlen ( Holland ) Posts: 739 Joined: 16.12.04 |
Thanks Theo, It was a male indeed, my second Haematopota-male in seven years. I hope this sounds as a good excuse for giving it the wrong name. Ben |
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