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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 13-05-2007 21:05
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 Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
In Amstelveen I saw this handsome fly in knee-high grassland with reed. It rests always head down, anf flies rather slowly. With a very simple guide I found Melieria as genus within Otitidae. Can it be further IDed? I attach a series of photos from all angles.
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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 13-05-2007 21:05
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Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
a lateral view
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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 13-05-2007 21:06
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Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
and this shows that male and female are rather similar
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| John Smit |
Posted on 14-05-2007 09:09
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 Member Location: Utrecht Posts: 565 Joined: 05.10.04 |
Melieria omissa and the family nowadays is Ulidiidae. John |
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