Thread subject: Diptera.info :: tiny scatopsid

Posted by mwkozlowski on 19-10-2008 08:59
#1
I always see these funny, tiny (not bigger than 2 mm) scatopsids on tansy flowers, any chance for ID?

Posted by Paul Beuk on 20-10-2008 08:51
#2
Swammerdammella sp.

Posted by mwkozlowski on 20-10-2008 12:37
#3
Thanks much, Paul

What a fantastic name for so an unconspicous animal!!!
Edited by mwkozlowski on 20-10-2008 12:38

Posted by Juergen Peters on 20-10-2008 21:29
#4
mwkozlowski wrote:
What a fantastic name for so an unconspicous animal!!!


And a confusing one for those also interested in Lepidoptera... B) Reminds me of genera Swammerdamia, Pseudoswammerdamia and Paraswammerdamia (ermine moths) and of Nematopogon swammerdamella (a longhorn moth). I love those names...! :D

Posted by mwkozlowski on 21-10-2008 09:43
#5
Swadderdamm was a dutch naturalist from XVII century, one of the first working with a microscope; he described red blood cells and made many other findings,; he was an enthusiastic entomologist and very religious; famous are his remareks on the beuty of a lause.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 21-10-2008 10:30
#6
Swadderdamm? ROFL

Swammerdam in WikiPedia
Edited by Paul Beuk on 21-10-2008 10:31

Posted by Juergen Peters on 21-10-2008 17:05
#7
Paul Beuk wrote:
Swadderdamm? ROFL


You see, how confusing those names are? ;) Quod erat demonstrandum...

Posted by mwkozlowski on 22-10-2008 12:50
#8
Juergen Peters wrote:
Paul Beuk wrote:
Swadderdamm? ROFL


You see, how confusing those names are? ;) Quod erat demonstrandum...


I should better use copy-paste