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 Sciaridae from my indoor plants
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| Widus |
Posted on 17-02-2022 18:19
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Hi, I am trying to nail down the identification of Sciaridae flies that live in my house (Lausanne, Switzerland) without much success so far. Any help appreciated. Also if you have good identification references for this family, I am very much interested. All the best, Christian Widus attached the following image:  [270.45Kb] Edited by Widus on 17-02-2022 23:30 |
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| Widus |
Posted on 17-02-2022 23:25
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And the female
Widus attached the following image:  [259.1Kb] Edited by Widus on 17-02-2022 23:27 |
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| Widus |
Posted on 27-07-2022 11:11
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The female is Bradysia impatiens The male appears to belong to the Scatopsciara genus, possibly S. pusilla. Who would have an image of the hypopygium of S. pusilla? |
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| Svavar |
Posted on 30-07-2022 17:23
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i tried that once before, to, without sucess thoug. where did you find a key ? |
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| Widus |
Posted on 04-08-2022 15:21
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Frank Menzel was kind enough to take a look at the male. He identified it as Scatopsciara calamophila. To answer Svavar, the keys that would allow specific identification of S. calamophila that I found are in Tuomikoski 1960 (Zur Kenntnis der Sciariden (Dipt.) Finnlands. - Ann . Zool. Soc. "Vanamo" . - Helsinki , 21 (4): 1 - 164) and in Frey 1942 (Entwurf einer neuen Klassifikation der Mückenfamilie Sciaridae (Lycoriidae). - Notul. Ent. - Helsingfors [Helsinki], 22: 5-44). Note that Frey says that y = 1/3 x for S. calamophila, which is disputed by Tuomikoski who notes that y = x in this species and which is also what I found in my specimen (see image below).
Edited by Widus on 04-08-2022 15:27 |
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| Widus |
Posted on 04-08-2022 15:26
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Here is an image with wing nomenclature
Widus attached the following image:  [86.68Kb] |
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