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Hybotidae, Hilara litorea from Romania
cosmln
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Posted on 30-08-2007 15:43
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Hi,

like i have say in my previous post last night i have collected two small flies (this the last one Wink )

on this fly i was amaized by the grey/silvery colour.
size ~3mm, collected at light last night (29.august.2007), in a hilly area around 650m.

thanks in advance,
cosmln

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Seems to be another empididae... another clinocerinae.. but here i'm not sure.
 
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jorgemotalmeida wrote:
Seems to be another empididae... another clinocerinae.. but here i'm not sure.


the proboscis in this one is very long (something like more than one time head)... so i think this falls ... i hope Smile

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Hilara, perhaps albiventris (I don't have my key here).
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Paul Beuk wrote:
Hilara, perhaps albiventris (I don't have my key here).


Hi Paul,

thanks for this.
please if possible when you will be close to key maybe you can take a look there?

thanks in advance,
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I think I should have written H. albitarsis... Igor?
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Paul Beuk wrote:
I think I should have written H. albitarsis... Igor?


Hi Paul,

checking with fauna EU gineme that H.albitarsis in not present in Romania.
after same source H.albiventris is present in Romania.
anyway: i have the exemplary but i can't key that because i don't have from where.

sory that i continuig to comeback here with that source, but for now is the only i have.

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Can you also give a dorsal view?
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Paul Beuk wrote:
Can you also give a dorsal view?


i will try to make something tomorrow (i will be in the field so no sure when comeback). you want also something else to put more in the photo?

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Make certain that the back side of the head is well visible, and if the the thorax has any stripesfrom a certain point of view an image of that would be most useful as well.
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Paul Beuk wrote:
Make certain that the back side of the head is well visible, and if the the thorax has any stripesfrom a certain point of view an image of that would be most useful as well.


Hi Paul,

i will just start to put here another three photos. i hope that will be sufficient.

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second: a latero-dorsal view
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last one: an antero-dorsal view
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Hilara litorea, female.
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hi Paul,

thanks for identification.
just checking thru fauna EU and after that this species is not present in Romania. maybe you or someone else have some other data about presence absence of this species in Romania.

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another one question.
someone can give me some hints where to search for that? i think will be better to succed to collect some more specimens. specially some males.
that particular specimen was captured in my balcony on the wall. i don't think is the perfect habitat fot that one.

thanks in advance,
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