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Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 21-08-2007 00:58

Hi

* locality - Silgueiros - Viseu - PORTUGAL
* date - 2007.08.16
* size - 1,5 mm (very small fly)
* habitat - open land
* substrate - on Mentha sp. flowers.

It is very small. It seems almost a beetle fly! (cf. Celyphidae). But the huge triangular ocellar zone.. is typical for Chloropidae. I hope to get genus, at least for this genus.

EDIT---> Title changed from "What a strange chloropid." to "Chloropidae - Camarota curvipennis"

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 21-08-2007 19:44

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 21-08-2007 11:31

wow, Paul. How can you be so sure about the species???
What are the definitive characters for this Camarote? (Camarote is a very funny name in Portuguese considering that this word is used for fly! -- http://tinyurl.com/2ypqxx - camarote in Portuguese is the balcony in theaters to assist shows :D)

Curvipennis - curved wings. Makes sense! :) Is that why you have so sure? Is it the only chloropid that has curved wings like that? :)
Camarote word intrigues me!! :o

Posted by Paul Beuk on 21-08-2007 19:40

I should correct myself, the generic name is Camarota.

And it is a one of a kind, the only one with this kind of appearance in the Palaearctic Chloropidae.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 21-08-2007 19:43

so I conclude that the definitive character was the curved wing. :) Stegana in Drosophilidae has too curved wings. :)

thanks, Paul. :)

Posted by Paul Beuk on 21-08-2007 19:46

In www.spolia.it/onl...rected.pdf I found:

As for camarotas, it comes beyond any doubt
from the Greek form kammarot?s, a variant of the most common term k?mmaros meaning rounded.