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 "Running" fly, Germany (video)
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| Pristurus |
Posted on 30-09-2011 22:52
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 Member Location: Marburg/Germany Posts: 853 Joined: 07.07.10 |
found on 2011-09-28 on a leaf of Impatiens sp. in a forest near Marburg, Hesse, Germany. Greetings, Ingo Video: http://commons.wi...-09-28.ogv Pristurus attached the following image:  [37.32Kb] |
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| tristram |
Posted on 01-10-2011 08:06
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1329 Joined: 27.06.10 |
Platypezidae? |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 01-10-2011 08:49
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 Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Platypezidae sounds correct - I saw one doing the same kind of running 'dance' on Wednesday in a local nature reserve - fascinating stuff 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 02-10-2011 14:29
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9223 Joined: 24.05.05 |
1. Platypeza/Paraplatypeza 2. Which camera have you used, please? Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Pristurus |
Posted on 02-10-2011 23:57
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Member Location: Marburg/Germany Posts: 853 Joined: 07.07.10 |
Thanks! Are there visible differences to distinguish the two genera? My camera is a Canon XH-A1. Normally (for shooting small animals) I use it with a Canon 500D and/or a Soligor 72mm close-up lense (both achromatic). Other clips taken with this camera you may find here: http://commons.wi...:Pristurus. Greetings, Ingo Edited by Pristurus on 03-10-2011 09:41 |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 03-10-2011 07:25
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 Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3303 Joined: 17.10.05 |
I'm pretty sure it's a male Platypeza hirticeps: some very long dorsal bristles on pedicel are visible as well as very long bristles on parafacialia extending above antennae. |
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| Pristurus |
Posted on 03-10-2011 09:40
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Member Location: Marburg/Germany Posts: 853 Joined: 07.07.10 |
Dimitry, thank you. Yesterday I found another individual of this small fly and so I was able to add a few short scenes to the video showing other views of the fly body. Greetings, Ingo |
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| michal tkoc |
Posted on 03-10-2011 21:43
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 Member Location: Prague, Czech Republic Posts: 237 Joined: 07.11.06 |
Yes, P. hirticeps.
Curator of Diptera, Entomology Department, National Museum Prague. PhD. Student, Charles University. Prague, Czech Republic. |
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but don't see the image in the post.