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 Athericidae? Empididae? or Rhagionidae, so confused!
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| R2DD |
Posted on 02-03-2010 09:43
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 Member Location: Co. Cork, Ireland. Posts: 209 Joined: 06.07.09 |
 Hi everyone, I would be much appreciated if you could cast your knowledgeable minds over pictures of this mysterious fly. I think it is an empid but I have never seen one with the kidney-shaped antennae that it has!Its CUP cell is relatively short and does not extend to the wing margin like Athericidae pictures in the books i'm reading. kindest regards, Rob R2DD attached the following image:  [31.69Kb] Edited by R2DD on 02-03-2010 09:56 Rob D Corcaigh, Eire.  |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 02-03-2010 10:02
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 11914 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Compare with Gloma fuscipennis of the Empididae (or Brachystomatidae in more modern classifications).
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on www.diptera.info |
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| R2DD |
Posted on 02-03-2010 10:44
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Member Location: Co. Cork, Ireland. Posts: 209 Joined: 06.07.09 |
Here is a plan view
R2DD attached the following image:  [14.62Kb] Edited by R2DD on 02-03-2010 10:54 Rob D Corcaigh, Eire. |
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| R2DD |
Posted on 02-03-2010 10:54
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Member Location: Co. Cork, Ireland. Posts: 209 Joined: 06.07.09 |
Head view
R2DD attached the following image:  [17.88Kb] Rob D Corcaigh, Eire. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 02-03-2010 11:28
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 11914 Joined: 11.05.04 |
I cannot see the reniform antennae clearly in these picture, but if the third segment is clearly twice as high as the second segment, then it certainly is Gloma fuscipennis. Everything else fits quite nicely.
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| pwalter |
Posted on 02-03-2010 14:40
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 Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3528 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Nice find! Pls tell us the habitat and location! Walter Walter Pfliegler - Amateur Nature Photographer from Hungary (and molecular biologist) |
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| R2DD |
Posted on 02-03-2010 16:49
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Member Location: Co. Cork, Ireland. Posts: 209 Joined: 06.07.09 |
Thanks a million guys. Sorry Paul the antennae are hard to make out from the photo i posted but I assure you they are reniform. It was found in a plantation canopy of sitka and norweigen spruce in Ireland.
Rob D Corcaigh, Eire. |
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