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 Which family is this - from down under
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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 03-11-2007 09:56
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 Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
I've no clue which family this may be. Genus would bonus, species the jackpot! Moderately sized, say 10 mm. Males (?) - with the whitisch coloured upperside of abdomen - flew in small swarm (ca 10 ex) above grass near woodland ede (Eucalyptus). The hover, with there legs hanging down. Melbourne, mid-october 2007. Cor Zonneveld attached the following image:  [123.48Kb] Edited by Cor Zonneveld on 03-11-2007 10:03 Thanks for your attention Cor Zonneveld |
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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 03-11-2007 09:57
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Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
copula
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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 03-11-2007 10:02
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Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
and lateral view
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 03-11-2007 10:08
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9475 Joined: 24.05.05 |
I think Therevidae.
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 03-11-2007 10:21
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19133 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Would be my guess as well. However, things can be tricky down under. Remarkable creature! Theo |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 03-11-2007 10:50
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19133 Joined: 21.07.04 |
To name one pitfall: Apioceridae. I have no experience with this family Theo |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-11-2007 10:52
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
http://www.cdfa.c...llery.html Yep, sure it is a Therevidae!  |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 03-11-2007 11:00
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19133 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Right, that settles it. Theo |
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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 04-11-2007 17:07
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Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
Thanks all! I tried to get a closer ID via the website that Jorge mentioned. Very nice site!
Thanks for your attention Cor Zonneveld |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 04-11-2007 17:24
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
and the site will keep growing. Be tuned. |
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| Maddin |
Posted on 04-11-2007 21:32
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 Member Location: Sacramento CA USA Posts: 194 Joined: 30.06.05 |
Showed the pictures to Shaun Winterton (who is one of the authors of the nice Therevidae web page) and he ID the fly as Ectinorhynchus sp. The genus is right now under revision... they are awesome looking flies and these are great pics! Cheers Martin Martin Hauser |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 04-11-2007 22:21
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Maddin wrote: Showed the pictures to Shaun Winterton (who is one of the authors of the nice Therevidae web page) and he ID the fly as Ectinorhynchus sp. The genus is right now under revision... they are awesome looking flies and these are great pics! Cheers Martin yep. the most richness diversity Therevidae is in Oceania.  lucky guys! |
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