Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Heleomyzidae, Tephrochlamys sp. (?)

Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 11-02-2008 19:11
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Today I found this small (5 mm) fly sunning against a tree trunk at a small piece of woodland adjacent to the river Linge at Leerdam, Netherlands.
I think it must be Heleomyzidae, possibly genus Tephrochlamys?
Is it possible to tell which species it is?

Thanks in advance!

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Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 11-02-2008 19:12
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Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 11-02-2008 19:12
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Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 13-02-2008 21:23
#4

No-one for this nice little fly?

Posted by Andrzej on 18-02-2008 16:33
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Yes it is a female of Tephrochlamys Loew

Posted by javanerkelens on 18-02-2008 16:57
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Posible the Tephrochlamys tarsalis....

Greatings Joke

Posted by Andrzej on 18-02-2008 17:50
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no, no no !.
The specimen is similar to T. rufiventris :)
Andrzej

Posted by javanerkelens on 18-02-2008 18:22
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Strange...because this fly is determineded as Tephrochlamys tarsalis and it seems the seem........maybe I can't see the differents, because I am stil a beginner..:D

Greatings Joke

Edited by javanerkelens on 18-02-2008 18:27

Posted by javanerkelens on 18-02-2008 18:28
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From the top

Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 25-03-2008 21:23
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Thank you for your help, Andrzej!