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 Another fly from Pacific Ocean beach. Family?
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| Stephen |
Posted on 23-05-2007 17:51
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Not sure what to make of this fly. Ephydridae? Scathophagidae? The face bulges forward of the eye, suggesting Ephydridae. The bristles in the hind tibia may be too pronounced for Ephydridae, so Scathophagidae? If I am looking at the photo right, oral vibrissae are present and reasonably prominent, so not Ephydridae but Scathophagidae? Or maybe it is neither of these families? ID help appreciated. Photographed on a pebble beach, Oregon, USA, 13 May 2007, size not recorded but neither tiny nor huge. Stephen attached the following image:  [98.8Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 23-05-2007 17:52
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
A second view.
Stephen attached the following image:  [86.5Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 23-05-2007 17:53
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
The face.
Stephen attached the following image:  [90.73Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 23-05-2007 18:08
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9569 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Hi Stephen. I think neither of this families. 1. Muscidae, (Lispocephala?). 2-3. Anthomyiidae, unusual one, Fucellia, I think. Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 24-05-2007 11:32
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
I apologize, I had intended to post only one species here but as you point out I have two! Both have gray color and very long tarsi, but I see the differences too, now. Nikita, thanks for the ID help with these! --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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