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 Australian Pyrgotidae
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 28-02-2015 00:48
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 Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Can anyone suggest a genus for this fly. At light, Townsville, Queensland. Graeme Cocks attached the following image:  [93.24Kb] |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 28-02-2015 03:13
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A Eupyrgota (Taeniomastix) sp., possibly a new one
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 28-02-2015 03:17
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Thanks Valery. I'll see if I can collect some more. |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 28-02-2015 04:17
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Try please. Perhaps one day I shall come by to see them. Only one or two N Australian and 5-6 Papuan specimens like that in CSIRO, AM, Bishop and BM together... Val |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 28-02-2015 04:22
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9837 Joined: 22.10.10 |
What sort of beetles do you get at your lights? |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 28-02-2015 04:29
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Various families. What are you interested in? |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 28-02-2015 04:31
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Valery, I can send you this one, but I will wait to see if I can collect any more. |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 28-02-2015 05:15
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Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9837 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Graeme Cocks wrote: Various families. What are you interested in? In North America these flies parasitize scarab beetles; the Eastern species attack Phyllophaga. A host association for Australian species would be interesting. |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 28-02-2015 05:28
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
This is a regular at the light trap. I'm guessing it's an Onthophagus, but if there is an association, I've no idea. Graeme Cocks attached the following image:  [89.77Kb] |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 28-02-2015 08:45
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By far, pyrgotids were known to infest only rutiline, melolontine, and cetoniine Lamellicornia, not the scarabs per se Val |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 28-02-2015 08:54
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Yep, oh well it was a nice picture anyway. |
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but don't see the image in the post.
