Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Heleomyzidae > Orbellia (myiopiformis?)
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| Raimo |
Posted on 06-12-2023 15:58
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Member Location: Karlstad, Sweden Posts: 1539 Joined: 10.11.13 |
Mid Sweden January 10.
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| Raimo |
Posted on 06-12-2023 15:58
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Member Location: Karlstad, Sweden Posts: 1539 Joined: 10.11.13 |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 06-12-2023 16:50
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 Super Administrator Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10478 Joined: 22.10.10 |
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| Raimo |
Posted on 18-12-2023 19:55
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Member Location: Karlstad, Sweden Posts: 1539 Joined: 10.11.13 |
Thanks John. We seems to have only two species in Sweden: myiopiformis and nivicola. |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 18-12-2023 20:33
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Super Administrator Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10478 Joined: 22.10.10 |
The key in Die Fliegen (1949) says 1. Taster schwarz ... hiemalis Loew. — Taster rotgelb ... 2 2. Abdomen und p rotgelb, 6 Schildchenborsten ... myiopiformis Rob.-Desv. — Abdomen und p schwarzgrau, 4 Schildchenborsten ... cuniculorum Rob.-Desv. So it keys to Orbellia myiopiformis. The description says "Schulterbeulen rotgelb", "humeri reddish yellow", which I don't see. I have observed in Dolichopus that humeri can appear yellowish under a microscope but black to a camera. Edit: But nivicola is not in that key, so you need better literature. It was considered a synonym of O. myiopiformis. Edited by John Carr on 18-12-2023 20:35 |
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| Raimo |
Posted on 18-12-2023 20:39
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Member Location: Karlstad, Sweden Posts: 1539 Joined: 10.11.13 |
Thankyou John. I better keep it safe and call it a possible Orbellia myiopiformis then. |
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| Andrzej |
Posted on 18-12-2023 22:35
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Member Location: Poland Posts: 2419 Joined: 05.01.06 |
... and in Gorodkov (1989) we have a key to both mentioned species...
Andrzej attached the following image:  [112.72Kb] Edited by Andrzej on 18-12-2023 22:37 dr. A. J. Woznica, Institute of Environmental Biology, Wroclaw University of Environmental & Life Sciences |
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| Raimo |
Posted on 20-12-2023 19:04
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Member Location: Karlstad, Sweden Posts: 1539 Joined: 10.11.13 |
Ok Andrzej, then it points to nivicola. It was not a small fly. |
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