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Lejogaster metallina and Riponnensia splendens

another...

Posted by tim worfolk on 10 June 2009 07:11:16
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Lejogaster metallina and Riponnensia splendens

I'm fairly sure these are L.metallina but would appreciate confirmation as tarsata is also a pos...

Posted by tim worfolk on 10 June 2009 07:10:40
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Melanogaster hirtella?

I think i have to choose between Melanogaster hirtella and Lejogaster metallina. The densely haired ...

Posted by Klaas on 21 May 2009 11:28:46
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Unknown Fly

Stratiomyidae..Microchrysa polita (Male) I think, but 6mm seems a bit big...the ones I've photog...

Posted by Roger Thomason on 14 March 2009 04:17:34
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> Microchrysa polita

Then again it could be Lejogaster metallina (Syrphid) which to my eyes looks very similar. Maybe one...

Posted by Roger Thomason on 31 October 2008 10:45:49
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Microchrysa polita ?

Looks like it. I posted a similar photo on 14-08-08 ( of much poorer quality, I must add ). Thought ...

Posted by Roger Thomason on 28 August 2008 17:38:03
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Stratiomyidae or Syrphidae

Is this Microchrysa polita or Lejogaster metallina? Or both?
Which one is mimicking which? Sorry ab...

Posted by Roger Thomason on 14 August 2008 00:41:59
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Melanogaster

The antennae suggest Lejogaster to me (metallina, in that case).
Which agrees nicely with the butte...

Posted by Zeegers on 24 March 2006 17:26:58
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Pipunculidae from Mongolia! I am looking for specialist who is committed to ID these. There will be a lot of material coming from my expeditions.

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Dr Michael von Tschirnhaus, a leading expert on Chloropidae and Agromyzidae, died on 16 September 2025 at the age of 86. He will be greatly missed by the international community. R.I.P.

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Anyone has the scan of "Harkness, R. D.; Ismay, J. W. 1976: A new species of Trachysiphonella (Dipt., Chloropidae) from Greece, associated with an ant Cataglyphis bicolor (F.) (Hym., Formicidae)

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