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 Brazil -Piophilidae sp.?
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| bonitin |
Posted on 20-10-2010 09:45
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 Member Location: Gent, Belgium Posts: 348 Joined: 11.10.07 |
Hi, On a path down to the river was a large fungi growing on a tree stem, it was always full of these pretty tiny flies with stained wings. 19th january 2010, rainforest area Paraty-Brazil. Thank you, Myriam 
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| bonitin |
Posted on 20-10-2010 09:46
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Member Location: Gent, Belgium Posts: 348 Joined: 11.10.07 |
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| blowave |
Posted on 20-10-2010 13:49
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 Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Hello Myriam!  I wonder if this is in the family Piophilidae? I have just been pointed in that direction, and I think they feed on fungi. Take a look at the genus Mycetaulus. Janet
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| bonitin |
Posted on 20-10-2010 15:22
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Member Location: Gent, Belgium Posts: 348 Joined: 11.10.07 |
Thanks Janet! Will do! |
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| bonitin |
Posted on 20-10-2010 15:28
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Member Location: Gent, Belgium Posts: 348 Joined: 11.10.07 |
That looks like it, I will change the tittle from Tephritidae to Piophilidae.. Myriam |
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| Jeroen K |
Posted on 20-10-2010 15:37
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Member Location: Kapellen, Belgium Posts: 1141 Joined: 03.04.09 |
They look like Pallopteridae to me... |
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| bonitin |
Posted on 20-10-2010 18:45
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Member Location: Gent, Belgium Posts: 348 Joined: 11.10.07 |
Thanks Jeroen, will check that out! |
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| bonitin |
Posted on 20-10-2010 18:55
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Member Location: Gent, Belgium Posts: 348 Joined: 11.10.07 |
I haven't found any information on the web whether the Pallopteridae adults feed on Fungi, (except some larvae feeding on mycellium) they seem to be found mainly on Umbelliferae flowers, but maybe I haven't come up the right information source yet.. |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 09-04-2014 07:57
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 Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3303 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Typical Drosophilidae, Zygothrica sp. (you can try Grimaldi, 1987)
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