Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Heleomyzidae > Oecothea sp.
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 11-04-2008 22:08
#1
hi flyforum,
Today I found this comic fly in the Amsterdam forest.
I think it is a Oecothea sp., but which one?
1. Oecothea fenestralis (Fall?n, 1820)
2. Oecothea praecox Loew, 1862
do you have a suggestion?
greeting robert
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 11-04-2008 22:08
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pict 2
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pict 3
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pict 4
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Posted by phil withers on 12-04-2008 00:35
#5
This is a female
Eccoptomera; Oecothea has bristles on the mid-tibia.
Posted by Andrzej on 14-04-2008 08:18
#6
Hi Robert !,
probably Ecc. microps (very small eyes) but check out the scutellum (if covered by small hairs or not ) B)
Andrzej
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 14-04-2008 10:03
#7
hi Andrzej,
When I first looked at this fly, I thought the eyes where abnormal!? (so small)
I'll check out the scutellum tomorrow, I am not at my desk now.
Phil Withers wrote on:
http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=12154
''It is difficult to see some of the critical features (such as whether the hind femur has a dorsal preapical) but I would place it near Eccoptomera microps''
I'll publice this detail underneath:
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Posted by Andrzej on 14-04-2008 10:10
#8
correct ID B)
Andrzej
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 14-04-2008 10:17
#9
great ! B)
I'll see if I can post some picture in the Dipteragallery
Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 14-04-2008 10:24