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 Unknown small fly
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| Lavendel |
Posted on 23-11-2007 17:57
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Hello, Can you help me identify this fly? Pupa on dead wasp. nov 2th 2007 , Walem the Netherlands Thanks in advance. Lavendel attached the following image:  [51.66Kb] Edited by Lavendel on 23-11-2007 17:59 Kind regards, Sandra |
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| Lavendel |
Posted on 23-11-2007 17:58
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underside fly photo taken on nov 11th 2007 Walem, the Netherlands Lavendel attached the following image:  [53.51Kb] Edited by Lavendel on 23-11-2007 18:02 Kind regards, Sandra |
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| Lavendel |
Posted on 23-11-2007 18:01
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dead fly
Lavendel attached the following image:  [45.41Kb] Kind regards, Sandra |
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| crex |
Posted on 23-11-2007 19:19
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Phoridae, I think (I'd better add)
Edited by crex on 23-11-2007 19:25 |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 23-11-2007 19:57
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You are quite right, crex, the pupa itself would have been enough.
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 23-11-2007 20:28
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A Megaselia, I think - a number of species breed in dead insects (though very many are parasitoids). As it is a female, it's going to be difficult to ID with certainty.
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| Lavendel |
Posted on 24-11-2007 07:54
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Thanks Crex, Paul and Tony! I've got a lot more of them, they live in a wasp nest I recieved. Maybe a picture of a male will be decisive? If only I could see the difference between male and female, they're so small... This is an other one, is it male?? Lavendel attached the following image:  [100.8Kb] Edited by Lavendel on 24-11-2007 09:33 Kind regards, Sandra |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 24-11-2007 11:01
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7346 Joined: 19.11.04 |
That also looks like a female - even with the males it's usually necessary to slide-mount the specimens to see the detail to enable specific identification. Megaselia is a "super genus" with hundreds, perhaps thousands, of species. A few have distinctive characters which enable easy identification, but most are rather difficult!
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| Lavendel |
Posted on 24-11-2007 11:22
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Member Location: The Netherlands Posts: 350 Joined: 10.11.07 |
Tony, thanks for that information. I'm new at this and don't know what's posible and what's not. Kind regards, Sandra |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 24-11-2007 12:09
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
The latest estimate (guesstimate really) of the total number of Megaselia species wordwide is 'at least 15,000'  Europe alone has probably 1000 species, and Megaselia is by no means a eurocentric genus... Kahis |
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