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 Our town park: one more Sciomyzidae
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 28-07-2006 09:10
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 Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3345 Joined: 17.10.05 |
July 27, 2006. This time I examined thick vegetation at the park's border near the Nara river, with a heron circling above me for a while. These flies were quite numerous, especially near water where Phragmites/Typha/Butomus grew. Size 6mm. Dmitry Gavryushin attached the following image:  [104.58Kb] |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 28-07-2006 11:02
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Platycephala planifrons of the Chloropidae.
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 28-07-2006 11:26
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9512 Joined: 24.05.05 |
I spend an hour in attampt to ID this "Sciomyzidae" Now I see why I havn't got any succes! Thank you Paul. Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 28-07-2006 11:52
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Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3345 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Wow, Chloropidae again  !Platycephala planifrons ... attacks Phragmites shoots early in the year leading to severe stunting of attacked stems by killing the growing point. Platycephala planifrons was one of the most damaging species found during surveys in Europe. Attack can cause biomass reductions of >50%. Females fly in the summer and are long lived. Eggs are laid in late summer. Larvae hatch in late summer, feed for a limited period, and overwinter. http://www.invasi...nReed.html P.S. I found out Xespok initially took these for Sciomyzidae, too (http://www.dipter...#post_2176). Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 28-07-2006 11:58 |
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| von Tschirnhaus |
Posted on 18-05-2013 18:17
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Member Location: Bielefeld, Germany Posts: 454 Joined: 04.11.07 |
Identification confirmed! Dmitry, very good short summary of the biology! Addition: Larvae are feeding on bacteria which develop at the growing point of the Phragmites stem/leaves. Compare notes for further pictures of this species. Many publications exist on this species. |
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