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| SKAN |
Posted on 07-02-2016 16:25
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Member Location: Chennai, INDIA Posts: 62 Joined: 25.01.16 |
4mm fly on Plantain/Banana, drinks morning dew. Shot today morning in Chennai, INDIA. Mosquito like flight, and apparently hovers. Please identify the family, at the least. Thank you. SKAN attached the following image:  [174.58Kb] Edited by SKAN on 09-02-2016 18:15 |
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| SKAN |
Posted on 08-02-2016 15:17
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Member Location: Chennai, INDIA Posts: 62 Joined: 25.01.16 |
One more.. fly drinking dew. Please suggest/hint a family... Thanks SKAN attached the following image:  [117.91Kb] |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 08-02-2016 15:35
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9839 Joined: 22.10.10 |
This is an odd fly because the abdomen seems to have too many segments for Cyclorrhapha, while the wing is too simple for Orthorrhapha (except Dolichopodidae which lack a distinct r-m crossvein). It's so bare I can't use bristles to ID. This fly has incomplete subcosta, no humeral break, subcostal break, R2+3 unusually close to R1, no vibrissae I can see, no preapical bristles on tibiae, no transverse suture, and non-predatory mouthparts. Edited by John Carr on 08-02-2016 15:35 |
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| SKAN |
Posted on 08-02-2016 16:23
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Member Location: Chennai, INDIA Posts: 62 Joined: 25.01.16 |
Thanks for the detailed answer.. and sorry for my poor photos. I will try to capture one, do a 2:1 mag. studio shot and post it here for future reference. Meanwhile, I am attaching two more of existing images. SKAN attached the following image:  [116.16Kb] Edited by SKAN on 08-02-2016 16:29 |
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| SKAN |
Posted on 08-02-2016 16:24
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Member Location: Chennai, INDIA Posts: 62 Joined: 25.01.16 |
Lateral view
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 08-02-2016 16:26
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9220 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Chloropidae, I think.
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Igor Grichanov |
Posted on 09-02-2016 11:51
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 Member Location: St.Petersburg, Russia Posts: 1687 Joined: 17.08.06 |
Emilia Narchuk wrote: Chloropidae: Neoloxotaenia gracilis (de Meijere, 1908)
Igor Grichanov |
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| SKAN |
Posted on 09-02-2016 18:20
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Member Location: Chennai, INDIA Posts: 62 Joined: 25.01.16 |
Chloropidae, it is. Thanks to all. I am not able to find one with iridescence. |
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but don't see the image in the post.
