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Bigger Sphaeroceridae
Juergen Peters
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Posted on 17-03-2008 22:27
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Hello!

Sorry for the low quality pics, but this fly was again running rather fast at a tree trunk in our garden last Saturday (northwest Germany). Length about 5 mm. Can it be identified closer? Thanks!
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More lateral.
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Sphaerocera, probably curvipes
 
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phil withers wrote:
Sphaerocera, probably curvipes


Many thanks, Phil! I had Sphaerocera curvipes here last year around the same time in March. But that had much more thickened hind femora, so I didn't think of it this time. Is it sexual dimorphism?
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Yes. males have thicker femora.
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Xespok wrote:
Yes. males have thicker femora.


Thanks, Gabor!
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