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 Unknown fly
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| Isidro |
Posted on 17-09-2007 12:37
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Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2101 Joined: 26.04.07 |
Yesterday, Sabi?anigo, aragon, Spain, pre-Pyrenees, mountain mediterranean climate. Habitat river, quiet water, with many algae and low level, contaminated. Very low level of water. In a stone of the river, and sucking the water of the lime. Size: about 6-7 mm. Thanks  |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 17-09-2007 12:41
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Ephydridae?
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| Isidro |
Posted on 17-09-2007 14:42
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Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2101 Joined: 26.04.07 |
Maybe... The pic is bad but I think that the bright colours of the fly are distinctive... can be known... Thanks! |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 17-09-2007 18:18
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7338 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Paul Beuk wrote: Ephydridae? Not one that I've ever seen before  I know it seems an unlikely habitat, but I wonder whether it could be Odiniidae? Edited by Tony Irwin on 17-09-2007 18:24 Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 17-09-2007 19:10
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
No, these usually have banded legs. I was first thinking of Leucophenga maculata but the had is not enopugh in focus to check the setae, the wing venation does not wuite seem to fit and the habitat is off.
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 17-09-2007 20:30
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9542 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Lauxaniidae?
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 17-09-2007 20:47
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
it appears to be an Odiniidae fly! But not sure... |
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| Isidro |
Posted on 17-09-2007 21:42
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Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2101 Joined: 26.04.07 |
Two votes for Odiniidae, one for Lauxaniidae and one for Ephydridae... it looks impossible! |
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| crex |
Posted on 17-09-2007 22:00
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 Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
Paul Beuk wrote: No, these usually have banded legs. ... "... legs sometimes banded" (Oosterbroek) |
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| Steve Gaimari |
Posted on 17-09-2007 22:13
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 Member Location: Sacramento, California, USA Posts: 169 Joined: 08.10.04 |
This is Prosopomyia pallida Loew (Lauxaniidae)!!
Steve Gaimari Plant Pest Diagnostics Lab, CDFA 3294 Meadowview Road Sacramento, CA 95832-1448, USA |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 18-09-2007 07:20
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Thanks, Steve. The species was completely unknown to me. Now I at least have the general impression.
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 18-09-2007 15:15
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9542 Joined: 24.05.05 |
It is what I meaned, this fly looks and act exactly as Cestrotus, which I know from river stones in Thailand
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Isidro |
Posted on 18-09-2007 15:56
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Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2101 Joined: 26.04.07 |
My answer flied   I said: Thanks, Steve! Four you, nothing is impossible!!! Thanks also to Nikita, as Thailand i very far I put it as Prosopomyia. |
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