Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lindneromyia dorsalis?

Posted by mwkozlowski on 03-10-2008 12:21
#1

Could it be this time a male of Lindneromyia dorsalis? The both sexes were near by. Has anyone documented mating in Platypezidae? Should be interresting!

Posted by michal tkoc on 12-10-2008 20:13
#2

I think, it's more likely Kesselimyia chandleri, need to see the wing venation, but the bicolored eye is good character. K. chandleri larvae lives between the gills of common fungus Macrolepiota procera, notwithstanding the animal is often overlooked.

Compare with my exemplars:

Edited by michal tkoc on 12-10-2008 20:18

Posted by michal tkoc on 12-10-2008 20:13
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Posted by michal tkoc on 12-10-2008 20:14
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Posted by mwkozlowski on 12-10-2008 21:09
#5

many thanks, so many platypzid flies around!!! they are especially cute!

Edited by mwkozlowski on 12-10-2008 21:10

Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-06-2009 14:56
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Today I found the first specimen of Kesselimyia for Greece in a sample from the Kerkini Wetland Survey. :D

Edited by Paul Beuk on 02-06-2009 15:06

Posted by conopid on 02-06-2009 21:36
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There are hardly any Platypezidae flying in my part of the world at present :|

Posted by Lucyna on 26-11-2021 16:29
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Kesselimyia chandleri :1. in Poland this species does not occur. 2. the details of the foreheads and wings are not visible. In my opinion, this is a wrong identifications.