Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ephydridae Lytogaster abdominalis?
Posted by Jan Wind on 05-04-2017 09:11
#1
This fly found in banks of small brook with silt and flowering Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris) in young forest environment in central Netherlands.
Any help with finding its name will be appreciated
Posted by Jan Wind on 05-04-2017 09:11
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Posted by Jan Wind on 05-04-2017 09:12
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Posted by Jan Wind on 06-04-2017 09:19
#4
I 'up' this one as I would like confirmation or disconfirmation of my conclusion that this is a Lytogaster abdominalis
Posted by Tony Irwin on 06-04-2017 10:32
#5
I think this is
Lytogaster abdominalis - the defining character is whether the basal abdominal tergites in the male are split into a dorsal plate and two pleural (lateral) plates. If so, it is
Lytogaster, and
abdominalis is the only species in Europe. I think this would be new to the Netherlands fauna.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-04-2017 10:51
#6
It would indeed be a new one.
Posted by Jan Wind on 06-04-2017 10:52
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I got a MALE ! from another location , only 6 days ago, 30 march 2017. This unmistakable with the split
Posted by Jan Wind on 06-04-2017 10:53
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and in profile
Posted by Tony Irwin on 06-04-2017 11:36
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Posted by Jan Wind on 06-04-2017 11:43
#10
Thanks Tony and Paul!!
Edited by Jan Wind on 06-04-2017 11:43