Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Drosophilidae?
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| Jan Zwaaneveld |
Posted on 12-11-2006 17:43
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Member Location: Leerdam, Netherlands Posts: 721 Joined: 20.02.06 |
Unfortunately the photos are quite horrible, but perhaps someone could say something useful about the identification of this tiny fly in spite of that. Just a few mm long, photographed today at Leerdam, Netherlands. I thought this might be Drosophilidae? Thank you in advance! Jan Zwaaneveld attached the following image:  [48.17Kb] http://slamenietd...web-log.nl |
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| Jan Zwaaneveld |
Posted on 12-11-2006 17:44
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Member Location: Leerdam, Netherlands Posts: 721 Joined: 20.02.06 |
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Jan Zwaaneveld attached the following image:  [40.04Kb] http://slamenietd...web-log.nl |
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| Jan Zwaaneveld |
Posted on 12-11-2006 17:44
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Member Location: Leerdam, Netherlands Posts: 721 Joined: 20.02.06 |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 12-11-2006 18:25
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Sure looks like it to my inexperienced eye! You can see the wing veins well in the second photo and they look right to me for Drosophilidae. Do you know if the arista were plumose?
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Jan Zwaaneveld |
Posted on 12-11-2006 19:04
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Member Location: Leerdam, Netherlands Posts: 721 Joined: 20.02.06 |
Hello Stephen, Thanks for your comment on this. Unfortunately it is impossible to see from my photos if the arista are plumose, even if I enlarge them to the max. I get the impression they are, but I really cannot be certain in any way. http://slamenietd...web-log.nl |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 12-11-2006 20:35
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
This is certainly a Drosophila. In the second pic is appears as if the tips of the radial veins may have faint clouding at the tip. That would most likely make it D. immigrans.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Jan Zwaaneveld |
Posted on 12-11-2006 21:17
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Member Location: Leerdam, Netherlands Posts: 721 Joined: 20.02.06 |
Thank you, Paul!
http://slamenietd...web-log.nl |
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