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 Phoridae?
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| Benedikt |
Posted on 29-11-2006 11:13
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Member Location: Posts: 7 Joined: 29.11.06 |
Hello! After looking at Juergen's last flys I am inclined to assume that this specimen also belongs to this family (Phoridae), but as I am a newbie with flys I could of course be wrong. I found this 4mm fly yesterday night in my house (Bavaria, Germany). Best wishes Benedikt Benedikt attached the following image:  [40.78Kb] |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 29-11-2006 11:30
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
yes. see the peculiar hairy hind tibia.  wing venation typical! and as I learn by Tony, some Phoridae can be have a long arista. And more, the torax seems to be hump. |
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| Robert Nash |
Posted on 29-11-2006 12:19
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Member Location: Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland Posts: 288 Joined: 11.11.05 |
Go to scuttle fly in the Glossary and follow the link for more infoRobert EDIT Paul Beuk: Robert, if you use the [ glos ] button, you can link immediately to the Glossary term. 
Edited by Paul Beuk on 29-11-2006 12:50 |
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| Benedikt |
Posted on 29-11-2006 20:23
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Member Location: Posts: 7 Joined: 29.11.06 |
Thanks a lot for your quick replies! Benedikt |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 29-11-2006 21:43
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14193 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Robert! Robert Nash wrote: Go to scuttle fly in the Glossary and follow the link for more infoIn Germany this family is called "Buckelfliegen" (hump flies). That was one of the reasons, why I put the flies like the first one here http://www.dipter...&pid=20019 into that family: much more hunchbacked than the new real Phorid in that thread... Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 29-11-2006 23:12
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Actually, this might be one that can be named. I think it is a species of Megaselia with numerous feather-like setae on the abdomen. I am not quite sure whether it was rufipes or not, but I will check with my key tomorrow (if someone does not beat me to it ).
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 30-11-2006 08:57
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Well, my memory did not desert me this time: I think this is Megaselia rufipes.
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| Benedikt |
Posted on 30-11-2006 21:18
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Member Location: Posts: 7 Joined: 29.11.06 |
Paul Beuk wrote: Well, my memory did not desert me this time: I think this is Megaselia rufipes. Thanks, Paul! |
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| Sabine Brenner |
Posted on 13-12-2006 19:51
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 Member Location: Austria Posts: 5 Joined: 20.11.06 |
Yes that is a very typical Megaselia species  ! Most Megaselias can not be identificated so easily! I am not sure about the sex, because the wings cover the hypopyg, but if my eyes do not mistake me it should be a male.Best wishes Sabine |
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| bbrown |
Posted on 05-01-2011 03:46
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Member Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 103 Joined: 17.02.05 |
Yes, M. rufipes. Brian Brian Brown Entomology NH Museum of Los Angeles Co. |
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