Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Ephydridae - Mosillus? (NOT Ulidiidae)
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| eklans |
Posted on 31-07-2022 12:50
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 4392 Joined: 11.11.18 |
This ~2 mm fly sat on Euonymus japonicus in Ansbach, garden near Frankenhoehe Nature Park, old deciduous forest, 2019-07-19. I had tagged it erroneously as Physiphora which visit the same plant. Can it be Ulidia erythrophthalma? eklans attached the following image:  [41.6Kb] Edited by eklans on 01-08-2022 08:59 |
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| eklans |
Posted on 31-07-2022 12:50
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 4392 Joined: 11.11.18 |
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eklans attached the following image:  [36.9Kb] |
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| eklans |
Posted on 31-07-2022 12:51
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 4392 Joined: 11.11.18 |
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eklans attached the following image:  [38.17Kb] Greetings, Eric |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 31-07-2022 15:02
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Neither Ulidia, nor a ulidiid at all. I cannot see details, but it looks like an ephydrid, chloropid or milichiid.
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| eklans |
Posted on 31-07-2022 18:13
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 4392 Joined: 11.11.18 |
Thank you very much, Val! I was cheated by it's behaviour and the Physiphora on the same shrub at the same time. I will try the suggested families - and Piophilidae?
Edited by eklans on 31-07-2022 18:17 Greetings, Eric |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 31-07-2022 20:06
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Member Location: Posts: 3545 Joined: 28.12.07 |
Wing venation and antenna / arista rays are important to recognize the family, but here all is blurred. Val |
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| Jan Maca |
Posted on 31-07-2022 21:27
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I do not know such metallic members of Chloropidae and Milichiidae. Ephydridae seems me a plausible solution. |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 01-08-2022 06:49
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I think Mosillus, or (less likely) Athyrooglossa
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| eklans |
Posted on 01-08-2022 08:53
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 4392 Joined: 11.11.18 |
Thanks again, Val, Jan and Tony! I've found another image of hopefully this fly - less blurred - on 2019-07-19 eklans attached the following image:  [46.53Kb] |
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| eklans |
Posted on 01-08-2022 08:57
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 4392 Joined: 11.11.18 |
and in August 2019 - basitarsus is pale but not white, so it may be Mosillus subsultans?
eklans attached the following image:  [147.94Kb] |
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| nielsyese |
Posted on 01-08-2022 11:58
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 Member Location: Yerseke, NL Posts: 2369 Joined: 13.02.09 |
This one from August is a Chloropidae. The one from July is an Ephydridae, I can not tell which genus.
Best wishes, Niels-Jan Dek |
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| eklans |
Posted on 01-08-2022 14:27
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 4392 Joined: 11.11.18 |
Thank you very much, Niels-Jan, it seems, these flies are too small for my shaky fingers...
Greetings, Eric |
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