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 Platypezidae - Lindneromyia flavicornis (Loew, 1866)
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| bradbarnd |
Posted on 09-10-2012 02:31
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Member Location: USA Posts: 164 Joined: 28.07.11 |
Photos by Tom Murray: taken in Essex County, Massachusetts, August 31 2012. Using Manual of Nearctic Diptera Vol 2, I keyed these (from the specimens) to Plesioclythia (1 eastern sp., 3 western spp.). Hopefully that is the correct determination. This genus has apparently been synonymized with Lindneromyia. I don't have the literature to do the scavenger hunt for the name of the eastern species that was once in Plesioclythia (maybe flavicornis Loew ??), but I'm hoping someone here will know!  Photos are of two individuals. Individual 1  Individual 2  
Edited by bradbarnd on 10-10-2012 23:33 |
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| weia |
Posted on 10-10-2012 19:31
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L. hungarica? Although the legs do not seem to be broad enough.
Edited by weia on 10-10-2012 19:33 |
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| bradbarnd |
Posted on 10-10-2012 23:12
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Member Location: USA Posts: 164 Joined: 28.07.11 |
Weia wrote: L. hungarica? Although the legs do not seem to be broad enough. I presume that would be a European species. These are from northeastern USA. |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 10-10-2012 23:29
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 Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3348 Joined: 17.10.05 |
I'd suggest Lindneromyia flavicornis (Loew, 1866), at least that female runs more or less here both in Banks, 1915 (J.N.Y.Ent.Soc., 23 (4):213-216) and Johnson, 1923 (Occ.Papers Boston Soc.Nat.Hist., 5:51-58). I don't have yet the descriptions of 4 regional spp. made by Kessel (1950, 1967) though. P.S. Oh I have overlooked flavicornis mentioned in the first post. Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 10-10-2012 23:32 While others can't climb, using infinite pains, I, gravity turning to jest, Ascend, with all ease, perpendicular planes, Rough or smooth, just as pleases me best. |
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| bradbarnd |
Posted on 10-10-2012 23:33
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Member Location: USA Posts: 164 Joined: 28.07.11 |
Dmitry Gavryushin wrote: I'd suggest Lindneromyia flavicornis (Loew, 1866), at least that female runs more or less here both in Banks, 1915 (J.N.Y.Ent.Soc., 23 (4):213-216) and Johnson, 1923 (Occ.Papers Boston Soc.Nat.Hist., 5:51-58). I don't have yet the descriptions of 4 regional spp. made by Kessel (1950, 1967) though. Thanks Dmitry!! |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 10-10-2012 23:34
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Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3348 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Please provide us with more images of Nearctic flat-footed ones... |
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| bradbarnd |
Posted on 10-10-2012 23:49
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Member Location: USA Posts: 164 Joined: 28.07.11 |
Dmitry Gavryushin wrote: Please provide us with more images of Nearctic flat-footed ones... More images of Nearctic Platypezidae can be found here: http://bugguide.n...26/bgimage. |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 12-10-2012 11:21
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Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3348 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Well, the female in http://bugguide.net/node/view/293464/bgimage and http://bugguide.net/node/view/293462/bgimage as well as the male in http://bugguide.net/node/view/282839/bgimage and http://bugguide.net/node/view/282838/bgimage are most probably Agathomyia pulchella (Johnson, 1908). The male in http://bugguide.net/node/view/619092/bgimage and http://bugguide.net/node/view/146363/bgimage is most likely Callomyia venusta Snow, 1894. I wouldn't bet on this w/o specimens though. |
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| michal tkoc |
Posted on 21-11-2012 18:13
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 Member Location: Prague, Czech Republic Posts: 237 Joined: 07.11.06 |
Very nice photos, very intersting species - I think it shoud be very closely related to European L. hungarica.
Curator of Diptera, Entomology Department, National Museum Prague. PhD. Student, Charles University. Prague, Czech Republic. |
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