Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Dolichopodidae
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| magnusp |
Posted on 26-11-2012 20:01
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Member Location: Lund, Sweden Posts: 230 Joined: 07.08.12 |
I need help with this Dolichopodidae. Collected in Lund, Sweden in June. /Magnus magnusp attached the following image:  [187.9Kb] |
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| Stefan Naglis |
Posted on 26-11-2012 20:52
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Member Location: Switzerland Posts: 738 Joined: 27.12.08 |
Looks like Rhaphium or Argyra sp. female. Could you make a picture of the front of the face?
Edited by Stefan Naglis on 26-11-2012 23:32 |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 27-11-2012 01:51
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 Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10623 Joined: 22.10.10 |
I was thinking male Argyra with hypopygium rotated. Are those not male parts sticking up from the tip of the tail? |
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| magnusp |
Posted on 27-11-2012 08:28
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Member Location: Lund, Sweden Posts: 230 Joined: 07.08.12 |
Thank you for your input! I have interpreted this as a male, but I have only keyed something like 5 Dolichopodidae so I am not very experienced. The “hypopygium” (if it is a male) looks very different from others I have seen however. I will hopefully get the time to add more pictures tonight. /Magnus |
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| magnusp |
Posted on 28-11-2012 09:13
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Member Location: Lund, Sweden Posts: 230 Joined: 07.08.12 |
Some new photos
magnusp attached the following image:  [185.35Kb] Edited by magnusp on 28-11-2012 09:15 |
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| magnusp |
Posted on 28-11-2012 09:13
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Member Location: Lund, Sweden Posts: 230 Joined: 07.08.12 |
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| magnusp |
Posted on 28-11-2012 09:14
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Member Location: Lund, Sweden Posts: 230 Joined: 07.08.12 |
closeup
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| Stefan Naglis |
Posted on 28-11-2012 12:35
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Member Location: Switzerland Posts: 738 Joined: 27.12.08 |
Argyra sp. female |
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| magnusp |
Posted on 28-11-2012 13:11
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Member Location: Lund, Sweden Posts: 230 Joined: 07.08.12 |
Thank you very much! Then it must be Argyra diaphana. This makes sense since I have collected males of this species at the same spot (that I successfully keyed). In the key I mainly fell on "Acrostichal setae uniseriate at least in anterior part", I should have chosen the other option "Acrostichal setae in two regular rows".
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| Stefan Naglis |
Posted on 28-11-2012 14:57
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Member Location: Switzerland Posts: 738 Joined: 27.12.08 |
It could be Argyra diaphana Fabr. because of the hairy mesonotum and scutellum. But females of this species-group cannot be identified to species level.
Edited by Stefan Naglis on 29-11-2012 06:25 |
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