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Lonchaeidae?
Juergen Peters	#1 Posted on 02-08-2007 18:06
Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13705 Joined: 11.09.04	Hello! Is this 4 mm fly from yesterday on Tanacetum vulgare (Ostwestfalen/Germany) a Lonchaeid? If so, I think further identification is impossible (?). Juergen Peters attached the following image: [38.26Kb] Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=


jorgemotalmeida	#2 Posted on 02-08-2007 18:09
Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06	yes! A lonchaeid. Perhaps Lonchaea sp. Here they are rather common. Usually we can find them in swarming.


Juergen Peters	#3 Posted on 02-08-2007 18:13
Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13705 Joined: 11.09.04	Hello, Jorge! jorgemotalmeida wrote: yes! A lonchaeid. Perhaps Lonchaea sp. Here they are rather common. Usually we can find them in swarming. Thanks for confirmation! They are not rare here, too, but I have always only seen them as single individuals in the lower vegetation. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=


jorgemotalmeida	#4 Posted on 02-08-2007 18:15
Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06	yes! We can find them resting in long periods of time on stems.


Paul Beuk	#5 Posted on 02-08-2007 18:38
Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19254 Joined: 11.05.04	Could be Setsquamalonchaea. Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info


Juergen Peters	#6 Posted on 02-08-2007 19:34
Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13705 Joined: 11.09.04	Paul Beuk wrote: Could be Setsquamalonchaea. Much too long name to bear an additional 'i'... Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=


Paul Beuk	#7 Posted on 02-08-2007 21:28
Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19254 Joined: 11.05.04	LoL Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info


jorgemotalmeida	#8 Posted on 02-08-2007 21:51
Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06	Setsquaimalonchaea are you happy now? (all vogals right now Of course this is a fictional name. But the name Strongylophthalmyidae is even worst! Someone forgot "u" letter. snif.