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 Conopidae - Dalmannia punctata
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 05-04-2008 18:30
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Hi Today I found my first Dalmannia. One of the most beautiful conopids around.  I think this could be a Dalmannia cf. dorsalis (this fly has about 6 mm). I found five Dalmannia in the field. TOday was 30?C here in Viseu. To see it bigger go here >> http://www.flickr...8/sizes/l/ and  to see it bigger go here: http://www.flickr...7/sizes/l/ EDIT: Title changed from "Finally a Dalmannia. (Conopidae) - maybe a D. punctata" to "Conopidae - Dalmannia punctata"
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 07-04-2008 16:53 |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 05-04-2008 18:35
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
Ooo, impressive. Where did you find it, what kind of habitat?
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| Christine Devillers |
Posted on 05-04-2008 18:37
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 Member Location: Spa, Belgium Posts: 1215 Joined: 11.11.07 |
Wonderful, how lucky you are . Here it is snowing ! |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 05-04-2008 18:43
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
the same habitat of the famous CYRTUS GIBBUS. I will take photos of the habitat soon (i hope tomorrow). But it has Raphanus raphanistrum, Foeniculum vulgare (where I found 3 Dalmannia), Pinus spp., Quercus sp., Vinis vitifera, lots of Rumex spp.; some Cynara sp. (without flower yet). It is a protected place in a valley with many Pinus spp.. It is rare to feel the wind. Also I found 3 MYOPA PICTA today! Hooray! This fly is awesome! It has the most elegant flight I've ever seen. Very sinuous and fast. I will show photos them more later.  It is a "monster".Yesterday when I arrived here in final of the afternoon I took my In?s and we went to the field. She caught RIvellia syngenisae. After 10 minutes in the field she wanted to come back.  We found one very strange fly, maybe a sciomyzid, with full dark wings! I pinned it, and hopefully I will show photos of it too.
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 16-02-2010 21:18 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 05-04-2008 18:58
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
and more one photo showing the palpi: |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 05-04-2008 20:01
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
This must be Dalmannia punctata. It has ONLY one spot in the middle of the tergites 2, 3; and NOT two as we can see in Dalmannia dorsalis. http://home.hccne...html#item2 it shows D. dorsalis, and the specimens, I have, shows clearly only one spot in the middle, and it is very small (around 0,5 mm). Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 05-04-2008 20:04 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 06-04-2008 03:23
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Dalmannia punctata... waiting for confirmation. As you can see only one spot in the middle of tergites 2 and 3. Not two spots like the D. dorsalis. jorgemotalmeida attached the following image:  [184.08Kb] |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 06-04-2008 03:29
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
another one..
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 06-04-2008 14:22
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Photos taken today by 1.30 pm. Temperatures around 25 ?C. Wind scale Beaufort - value 2. 1 - the place where I found one of 5 Dalmannia (found in 5th April 2006; and more one today at 1.45 pm near point 2) 2 - the place of the famous Cyrtus gibbus (not well visible because it is hidden) jorgemotalmeida attached the following image:  [189.19Kb] Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 06-04-2008 14:37 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 06-04-2008 14:29
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
this photo shows the place where I found one of those 5 Dalmannia. The photo shows Northwest direction. The anterior showed the Nordeast-East direction. Today, at 1.30 pm I found another Dalmannia... near the point 2 of the anterior photo. jorgemotalmeida attached the following image:  [184.88Kb] |
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| jhstuke |
Posted on 07-04-2008 16:05
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Member Location: Leer, Germany Posts: 147 Joined: 06.06.07 |
It is definetly Dalmannia punctata. You will find a key for the palearctic species with pictures of the abdomen of each species at my personal homepage www.schwebfliegen.de/stuke.html Best wishes, Jens-Hermann |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 07-04-2008 16:50
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Thanks for confirmation, Jens-Hermann. I will try to find some more these Dalmannia. |
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| Andre |
Posted on 07-04-2008 20:25
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 Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
What the hell is it sitting on Jorge?  |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 07-04-2008 20:28
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
An Asteraceae red flower. I think this is the correct family for the plant. Next weekend I will show you a photo of the flower.  |
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