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 Chloropidae - Camarota curvipennis
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 20-08-2007 23:58
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Hi * locality - Silgueiros - Viseu - PORTUGAL * date - 2007.08.16 * size - 1,5 mm (very small fly) * habitat - open land * substrate - on Mentha sp. flowers. It is very small. It seems almost a beetle fly! (cf. Celyphidae). But the huge triangular ocellar zone.. is typical for Chloropidae. I hope to get genus, at least for this genus. EDIT---> Title changed from "What a strange chloropid." to "Chloropidae - Camarota curvipennis" jorgemotalmeida attached the following image:  [192.67Kb] Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 21-08-2007 18:44 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 20-08-2007 23:59
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 21-08-2007 07:30
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Camarote curvipennis
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 21-08-2007 10:31
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
wow, Paul. How can you be so sure about the species??? What are the definitive characters for this Camarote? (Camarote is a very funny name in Portuguese considering that this word is used for fly! -- http://tinyurl.com/2ypqxx - camarote in Portuguese is the balcony in theaters to assist shows  )Curvipennis - curved wings. Makes sense!  Is that why you have so sure? Is it the only chloropid that has curved wings like that? Camarote word intrigues me!!  |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 21-08-2007 18:40
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
I should correct myself, the generic name is Camarota. And it is a one of a kind, the only one with this kind of appearance in the Palaearctic Chloropidae. Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 21-08-2007 18:43
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
so I conclude that the definitive character was the curved wing. Stegana in Drosophilidae has too curved wings. thanks, Paul. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 21-08-2007 18:46
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
In www.spolia.it/onl...rected.pdf I found: As for camarotas, it comes beyond any doubt
from the Greek form kammarot?s, a variant of the most common term k?mmaros meaning rounded. Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 21-08-2007 18:49
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
It makes sense now Paul! Thanks a lot. |
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