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 Tachinidae - Ectophasia oblonga
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 02-10-2007 23:07
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Hi * locality - Pego do Inferno - Tavira - ALGARVE - PORTUGAL * date - 2007.09.30 * size - 7 mm (medium fly) * habitat - woodland * substrate - on dry plant. Very beautiful Ectophasia with a very reddish abdomen. EDIT---> Title changed from "Ectophasia with very reddish abdomen" to "Tachinidae - Ectophasia oblonga" jorgemotalmeida attached the following image:  [190.93Kb] Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 03-10-2007 09:46 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 02-10-2007 23:08
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
another...
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 02-10-2007 23:08
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
reddish abdomen
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| Alvesgaspar |
Posted on 03-10-2007 00:15
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 Member Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 573 Joined: 24.08.07 |
These are superb shots. Was the specimen alive? |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 03-10-2007 00:25
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I doubt it ... if it was alive then it was feeling very relaxed and cooperative  My guess is Ectophasia oblonga - abdomen reddish and longer than broad with reduced/absent median longitudinal line. |
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| Tony T |
Posted on 03-10-2007 03:30
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 Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
Chris Raper wrote: I doubt it ... if it was alive then it was feeling very relaxed and cooperative Ouch  ! I guess it was 'the standing on its knees' that made it look relaxed (and dead ) |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-10-2007 08:21
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Tony T wrote: Chris Raper wrote: I doubt it ... if it was alive then it was feeling very relaxed and cooperative Ouch ! I guess it was 'the standing on its knees' that made it look relaxed (and dead)It is really dead.  I caught the fly alive and put it inside a vial. I didn't have the camera when I was on the field. When I had access to my camera the fly was dead (only 1 day, there are flies that can survive over 1 week inside a vial - Sciomyzidae, and some Asilidae, for example). For me it is more harder to take good photos to dead specimens than alive!!!  |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-10-2007 08:55
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Chris Raper wrote: I doubt it ... if it was alive then it was feeling very relaxed and cooperative My guess is Ectophasia oblonga - abdomen reddish and longer than broad with reduced/absent median longitudinal line. It is apparent that this fly has smaller wings (they are folded)... see near the wing base. There are two small membranes.. It is very easy to spot them when we take a look at the specimen. Take a look at the first photo. Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 03-10-2007 09:01 |
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| Liekele Sijstermans |
Posted on 03-10-2007 09:33
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Member Location: Geldermalsen Netherlands Posts: 305 Joined: 16.04.05 |
No doubt, this is Ectophasia oblonga, male. Liekele |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-10-2007 09:37
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
thanks, Liekele. Liekele, there are some Miltogramminae flies waiting confirmation of ID... |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-10-2007 09:45
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
so this is the first confirmation of Ectophasia oblonga for diptera.info. |
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