Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Don't know anything beyond diptera on this one...
Posted by Graham Montgomery on 11-10-2007 00:33
#1
Thanks for taking a look. Found at the Wright Brothers Memorial in coastal North Carolina, USA on the sidewalk next to a very large field. There was a small drainage ditch with some water in it near where this individual was found. Thanks for the help! Found July 7, 2007.
Edited by Graham Montgomery on 11-10-2007 00:34
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 11-10-2007 00:40
#2
wow! just amazing fly! I saw this somewhere! I will dig for this. :)
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 11-10-2007 01:13
#3
it seems to be a calyptrate fly.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 11-10-2007 07:39
#4
I'd put my money on Ephydridae.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 11-10-2007 10:13
#5
hmm... another mistake. it seems to have calypters! :( ok.
Is it could be a Parydra?? :|
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 11-10-2007 10:16
#6
I have alike large Ephydridae from Thailand.
Still isn't determinated even to genus :(
Edited by Nikita Vikhrev on 11-10-2007 10:17
Posted by Paul Beuk on 11-10-2007 12:09
#7
Paul Beuk wrote:
I'd put my money on Ephydridae.
I asked Wayne Mathis, a North American Ephydrid specialist. He said:
Nice shot of Paralimna punctipennis (Wiedemann), which is a fairly common species here in eastern North America. Nice photo.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 11-10-2007 12:10
#8
:) new for gallery. ;) put this one. :D
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 11-10-2007 13:23
#9
Nice shot of Paralimna punctipennis (Wiedemann), which is a fairly common species here in eastern North America. Nice photo.
Paul, could you tell my, Dr.Mathis's comment concerning only first image or both?
Nikita
Posted by Paul Beuk on 11-10-2007 13:35
#10
I think it may have referred to the first image only...
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 11-10-2007 13:44
#11
It's a pity :(
Posted by Graham Montgomery on 16-10-2007 02:03
#12
Thanks everyone. This a great site! I'm glad to get an ID on this fly. Thanks again!
Edited by Graham Montgomery on 16-10-2007 02:06