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 Small fly, UAE => Actocetor indicus
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| Pristurus |
Posted on 18-03-2017 12:00
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 Member Location: Marburg/Germany Posts: 853 Joined: 07.07.10 |
found on 2017-03-13, Al Marmoum Conservation Reserve, Emirate Dubai, UAE. Is it a Tephritidae (but I found this species directly on the sand only)? Regards, Ingo Video: https://commons.w...03-13.webm Pristurus attached the following image:  [246.72Kb] Edited by Pristurus on 18-03-2017 12:53 My diptera videos: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User %3APristurus/gallery/Diptera |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 18-03-2017 12:43
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Actocetor indicus (Ephydridae)
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Pristurus |
Posted on 18-03-2017 12:52
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Member Location: Marburg/Germany Posts: 853 Joined: 07.07.10 |
Thank you, Tony. Greetings, Ingo
My diptera videos: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User %3APristurus/gallery/Diptera |
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| Pristurus |
Posted on 24-03-2017 12:45
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Member Location: Marburg/Germany Posts: 853 Joined: 07.07.10 |
Is there any knowledge about the mating behavior of this species? I noticed eye touching and kissing and very emancipated females... video: https://upload.wi....720p.webm Pristurus attached the following image:  [173.48Kb] My diptera videos: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User %3APristurus/gallery/Diptera |
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| Pristurus |
Posted on 15-08-2017 00:05
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Member Location: Marburg/Germany Posts: 853 Joined: 07.07.10 |
Well, this impressing behavior was described in Dikow, T. & W.N. Mathis (2002): A revision and phylogenetic study of Actocetor Becker (Diptera: Ephydridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 104 (2):249–290. and recently by W. N. Mathis et al. (2017): Order Diptera, family Ephydridae - A conspectus on shore-flies from the United Arab Emirates. Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 6: 636–761 My diptera videos: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User %3APristurus/gallery/Diptera |
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