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 Dolichopodidae Campsicnemus?
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| blowave |
Posted on 17-12-2011 23:18
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 Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Hi, It looks like Campsicnemus, and it keys to Campsicnemus paradoxus but I might have got the genus wrong. Campsicnemus paradoxus is not on the UK list either unless it's got another name which I can't find. It was inside on my window on 11th September, near Lincoln UK. Size ~5mm I've had to crop the photos down a lot as I can't get them within the max. kb size. Janet blowave attached the following image:  [117.62Kb] Edited by blowave on 17-12-2011 23:22 http://cubits.org... |
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| blowave |
Posted on 17-12-2011 23:19
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
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| blowave |
Posted on 17-12-2011 23:20
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| blowave |
Posted on 17-12-2011 23:20
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| Igor Grichanov |
Posted on 18-12-2011 08:59
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 Member Location: St.Petersburg, Russia Posts: 1688 Joined: 17.08.06 |
It is not Campsicnemus paradoxus that has 1.5 mm body and short postpedicel. It looks like C. mammiculatus: See Parent 1938. Please compare leg setation of your strange fly. Igor Grichanov |
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| blowave |
Posted on 18-12-2011 18:24
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Igor Grichanov wrote: It is not Campsicnemus paradoxus that has 1.5 mm body and short postpedicel. It looks like C. mammiculatus: See Parent 1938. Please compare leg setation of your strange fly. Thank you Igor! Should I be excited? There's nothing at all about this species on this site, it's not listed in the UK unless it is under a different name but I still can't find one. Fauna Europa gives the location as all over France, it must know where the borders are!  http://www.faunae...on1=135300 The list of Campsicnemus for the UK.. http://www.dipter...hp?id=9392 The references I found were to Parent 1929. http://cubits.org... |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 18-12-2011 18:46
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19250 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Check this pdf: http://www.fauned...odidae.pdf (33 MB).
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| blowave |
Posted on 18-12-2011 21:21
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
I tried to check the pdf Paul, it got stuck halfway so I refreshed, it eventually came up but there was an error so I had to reload it. I got to page 27 with some difficulty, that was as far as it was going to give me! There goes my daily usage Mb.    I guess there's a nice drawing showing that wonderful leg which I got the fly to pose for me?
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 18-12-2011 21:54
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7193 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Looks like C. scambus to me!
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| blowave |
Posted on 18-12-2011 22:37
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Tony Irwin wrote: Looks like C. scambus to me! That's what I first thought Tony, but what about the leg colour? http://cubits.org... |
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| blowave |
Posted on 18-12-2011 22:55
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
C. scambus is an early spring species according to Nikita .. http://www.dipter...post_24885 http://cubits.org... |
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| kitenet |
Posted on 18-12-2011 23:56
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 Member Location: Buckinghamshire, UK Posts: 118 Joined: 04.05.06 |
I have UK records of C. scambus in June, July, August and September, latest being 23 September.
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 19-12-2011 00:28
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7193 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Leg colour can be variable - structurally this looks like scambus, so that's what I suggest it is, unless its genitalia or DNA don't match!
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| blowave |
Posted on 19-12-2011 02:07
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Igor usually knows his Dolichopods so I would like to know what key features would not fit C. scambus. I have looked at keys and the leg colour doesn't say it's that variable for scambus. The size is also much smaller for scambus, 2.5 to 3.25mm and it certainly wasn't that small. I'm usually quite accurate at judging size. Keys state: Legs reddish-yellow, sometimes partly brown..............................................10 10. Mid tibia considerably dilated and curved, anterodorsally with a row of long bristles on apical half; fore legs bearing long hairs; 2.5-3.25........................ ......................................................................................... scambus (Fallén http://www.dipter...Europe.pdf I have found a few photos on here of C. scambus and they all have yellowish to partly brown legs. The key also states for mid tibia " row of long bristles on apical half" which mine has but it also has some longish bristles on the basal half. I have checked all the males I found on here and none of them look to have the same bristles on the basal half. The shape of the mid tibia also looks a little different to me. http://dolicho.na...ambus3.jpg http://cubits.org... |
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| Stefan Naglis |
Posted on 19-12-2011 08:30
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Member Location: Switzerland Posts: 738 Joined: 27.12.08 |
It is Campsicnemus scambus Fall. |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 19-12-2011 12:35
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7193 Joined: 19.11.04 |
I have a large scambus from 11 October that has leg colour nearly as dark as yours. It measures 3.5mm. Remember that length excludes wings and antennae.
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Igor Grichanov |
Posted on 19-12-2011 13:12
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Member Location: St.Petersburg, Russia Posts: 1688 Joined: 17.08.06 |
Melanistic form of Campsicnemus scambus was my first thought. However, scambus has quite distinct and rather long process on apex of mid basitarsus. In addition, next two segments are long setose in scambus. I do not see these armarments on your photos, Janet. Would you kindly show mid tarsus under different angle? Regards,
Igor Grichanov |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 19-12-2011 14:32
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19250 Joined: 11.05.04 |
I can well envision the required parts of the mid leg being positioned in the wrong way to see the apical proces of the mid basitarsus en the setae on the second and third segment (too dorsal). However, according to Parent's (1938) illustration the terminal second to fourth segment of the fore tarsi of mammiculatus should be long setose ventrally and I think the position of the fore legs should have shown that if it were there.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| blowave |
Posted on 19-12-2011 15:14
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
I only kept the best 4 photos Igor! Imagine trying to take photos of a small fly running up and down a window, with me squatted on the kitchen sink trying to takes photos! It may have been smaller Tony, I don't take into account wings etc. but when you can't see the abdomen well it can make the difference. I have cropped the photo from behind which shows the mid basitarsus best, it looks to me if there was a "distinct and rather long process on apex of mid basitarsus" it would show in this shot. I have also cropped one of the semi-side views which might show the front tarsus better, it looks like it could be "long setose ventrally" in the sections Paul mentions but I don't know how long they should be. blowave attached the following image:  [144.99Kb] http://cubits.org... |
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| blowave |
Posted on 19-12-2011 15:15
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
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