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 Heterocheila buccata (misidentified as Lonchoptera)
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| tixuana |
Posted on 14-03-2017 18:46
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Member Location: Posts: 5 Joined: 12.03.17 |
Hello, Disclaimer that this is not only my first post but also my first ever attempt at identifying anything at all, so I am entirely expecting to be wrong :) This one I photographed on a beach in Tallinn, Estonia, early March. Estimate of size around 8-10mm. Family seems to be Lonchopteridae, and my guess at species is Lonchoptera bifurcata or Lonchoptera lutea - can anyone confirm or correct? (Is it even possible to ID species based on this photo?) tixuana attached the following image:  [265.83Kb] Edited by tixuana on 14-03-2017 20:51 |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 14-03-2017 19:34
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9879 Joined: 22.10.10 |
This is not Lonchoptera but one of the beach-dwelling Schizophora. Coelopa? (Other similar large beach flies are Fucellia and Orygma. You will also find tiny Sphaeroceridae and predatory Empidoidea.) |
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| Fred Fly |
Posted on 14-03-2017 19:58
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Member Location: Germany Posts: 392 Joined: 19.07.11 |
Another typical fly from coast of Baltic Sea in March belongs to Heterocheilidae. I think this is Heterocheila buccata. Regards Piet |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 14-03-2017 20:01
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Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9879 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Piet Nord wrote: Another typical fly from coast of Baltic Sea in March belongs to Heterocheilidae. I think this is Heterocheila buccata. Regards Piet So that's why I had trouble recognizing the fly -- we don't have that genus in America. |
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| tixuana |
Posted on 14-03-2017 20:49
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Member Location: Posts: 5 Joined: 12.03.17 |
Brilliant, thank you both! |
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but don't see the image in the post.
