Thread subject: Diptera.info :: [Eudorylas sp] Pipunculidae acrobatic copula
Posted by Arthropa on 08-04-2007 23:51
#1
Hello,
I'd like to have your help with these flies mating in the air, today :
(Couchey (Burgundy, France) - 8 avril 2007 - 4.5 mm long)
I dare imagine that such big eyes occupating whole head with sphaeric shape should indicate family... but I can't find which one...
Some
Pipunculidae ?
Thanks !
Edited by Arthropa on 21-04-2007 23:40
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 09-04-2007 00:22
#2
Martha,
you can change thread name to "Pipunculidae acrobatic copula" and wait for David's soon reply...
Nikita
Posted by Arthropa on 09-04-2007 10:02
#3
Well, that's done ! :) ;)
Posted by loepa on 09-04-2007 10:19
#4
great photo! I have other photo by my friend Mr. Zhou, from China.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 09-04-2007 10:54
#5
Top photo: probably
Eudorylas sp.
Posted by David Gibbs on 09-04-2007 11:10
#6
I would agree with Paul that the top pair are
Eudorylas but naming this genus to species nearly always requires examination of terminalia. pale ppl and dark legs suggest
E. obscurus but that is very much a guess.
Posted by Arthropa on 09-04-2007 22:07
#7
Many thanks ! :)