Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Anthomyiidae: Egle rhinotmeta
Posted by Stephen R on 27-03-2011 19:38
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4-mm, Clitheroe UK, 27 March 2011.
These first appeared around 18 March very close to flowering willow. I have keyed several male specimens using Ackland and arrived (with varying degrees of confidence) at
E. rhinotmeta. This one seems fairly clear - the genitalia fit well, including the strong bristles at the base of the st5 processes. I hope they are visible in the photo. Have I got it right?
Edited by Stephen R on 27-03-2011 21:31
Posted by Stephen R on 27-03-2011 19:40
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Posted by Stephen R on 27-03-2011 19:44
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Posted by javanerkelens on 27-03-2011 20:48
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Well done!
You are correct!
Nice one for the gallery
Posted by oxycera on 27-03-2011 21:50
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You may find lyneborgi, but beware, there is a new species
that is very similar, E.suwai, that Michael's guide doesn't cover. I've found it near Barnsley so in theory it could turn up anywhere! I was really confused last year with Egle until he sorted them out for me.
Posted by Stephen R on 27-03-2011 21:56
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Thanks Joke and John! I'll keep checking Egles. How could I recognise
E. suwai?
Posted by javanerkelens on 27-03-2011 22:15
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E. suwai belongs to the Egle minuta group.
E. lyneborgi is widespread Holarctic species and E.suwai only known from Denmark and Sweden. (and England now..)
Both are very small and only to separed by genital ID
(ref: Revision of the willow catkin flies, V.Michelsen)
Edited by javanerkelens on 27-03-2011 22:37
Posted by Stephen R on 27-03-2011 22:24
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Thanks.
Posted by Stephen R on 29-03-2011 16:27
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For the record, here is a live fly I identified later as E.
rhinotmeta.