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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: "Running" fly, Germany (video)

Posted by Pristurus on 30-09-2011 22:52

found on 2011-09-28 on a leaf of Impatiens sp. in a forest near Marburg, Hesse, Germany.
Greetings, Ingo

Video: http://commons.wi...-09-28.ogv

Posted by tristram on 01-10-2011 08:06

Platypezidae?

Posted by ChrisR on 01-10-2011 08:49

Platypezidae sounds correct - I saw one doing the same kind of running 'dance' on Wednesday in a local nature reserve - fascinating stuff :)

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 02-10-2011 14:29

1. Platypeza/Paraplatypeza
2. Which camera have you used, please?

Posted by Pristurus on 02-10-2011 23:57

Thanks! Are there visible differences to distinguish the two genera?
My camera is a Canon XH-A1. Normally (for shooting small animals) I use it with a Canon 500D and/or a Soligor 72mm close-up lense (both achromatic). Other clips taken with this camera you may find here: http://commons.wi...:Pristurus.
Greetings, Ingo

Edited by Pristurus on 03-10-2011 09:41

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 03-10-2011 07:25

I'm pretty sure it's a male Platypeza hirticeps: some very long dorsal bristles on pedicel are visible as well as very long bristles on parafacialia extending above antennae.

Posted by Pristurus on 03-10-2011 09:40

Dimitry, thank you. Yesterday I found another individual of this small fly and so I was able to add a few short scenes to the video showing other views of the fly body.
Greetings, Ingo

Posted by michal tkoc on 03-10-2011 21:43

Yes, P. hirticeps.