Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Hyadina guttata - Ephydridae Malta
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| hedy2411 |
Posted on 23-10-2013 20:56
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 Member Location: Zeist, Holland Posts: 5232 Joined: 20.11.09 |
Can this small fly be named..? Found 27-9-2013 in Malta hedy2411 attached the following image:  [43.27Kb] Edited by hedy2411 on 24-10-2013 20:38 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 23-10-2013 20:57
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
looks like Ephydridae. |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 23-10-2013 20:58
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9475 Joined: 24.05.05 |
I think Nostima, Ephydridae
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 23-10-2013 21:22
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7302 Joined: 19.11.04 |
I'd say this one is Hyadina guttata
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| hedy2411 |
Posted on 23-10-2013 21:59
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Member Location: Zeist, Holland Posts: 5232 Joined: 20.11.09 |
Ai, dilemma..., maybe this picture can help..?
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 23-10-2013 22:21
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7302 Joined: 19.11.04 |
It lacks the pale silvery stripes of Nostima. They should be evident on the sides of the thorax and frontal orbits. It does have the dark velvety side patches on the scutellum and the pale spots on either side of the posterior cross-vein that are typical of Hyadina guttata, however.
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| hedy2411 |
Posted on 24-10-2013 20:37
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Member Location: Zeist, Holland Posts: 5232 Joined: 20.11.09 |
Thank you Jorge, Nikita and Tony for contributing in naming this small fly! Regards, Hedy |
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