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Chloropidae? Suffolk, UK, July => female Meromyza?
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Martin Cooper |
Posted on 14-08-2014 09:39
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Member Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 628 Joined: 01.05.12 |
Photographed on bush near stream. Small yellow and red-brown fly. I think it may be a Chloropid. Is that right and is it possible to be more specific from these poor photos? Regards, Martin Martin Cooper attached the following image: [199.55Kb] Edited by Martin Cooper on 14-08-2014 12:20 |
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Martin Cooper |
Posted on 14-08-2014 09:40
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Member Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 628 Joined: 01.05.12 |
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Martin Cooper |
Posted on 14-08-2014 09:40
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Member Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 628 Joined: 01.05.12 |
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Martin Cooper |
Posted on 14-08-2014 09:40
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Member Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 628 Joined: 01.05.12 |
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Tony Irwin |
Posted on 14-08-2014 10:24
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7193 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Looks like a Meromyza female
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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Martin Cooper |
Posted on 14-08-2014 11:18
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Member Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 628 Joined: 01.05.12 |
Thanks Tony! |
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von Tschirnhaus |
Posted on 18-08-2014 17:44
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Member Location: Bielefeld, Germany Posts: 429 Joined: 04.11.07 |
Meromyza spec., female, Chloropidae: females cannot be identified with certainty; palpi not to be seen, form and colour unknown: The metallic sheen of the eyes is typical for a number of chloropid genera and disappears in dead pinned specimens, but not in alcohol. Chyromyidae poesess similar coloured eyes. "chlor" means green, "ops" means eye (ancient Greek), the family name is based on Meromyza species with such life eye colour.
Edited by von Tschirnhaus on 16-11-2022 17:58 |
Martin Cooper |
Posted on 18-08-2014 23:43
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Member Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 628 Joined: 01.05.12 |
Thanks von Tschirnhaus. I didn't know about the meaning of the Chlor Opid name - very interesting! |
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