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 Tiny Micropezidae --> Neria ephippium
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 10-06-2008 20:48
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14131 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello! This one from our house wall today (northwest Germany) was much smaller than the Neria I posted shortly, only 4-5 mm. Unfortunately there are no dorsal photos of Micropeza in the gallery, so it is difficult to compare. But could it be this genus? Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [21.78Kb] Edited by Juergen Peters on 11-06-2008 17:20 Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| socrates |
Posted on 11-06-2008 08:09
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Member Location: California Posts: 109 Joined: 11.02.07 |
Looks like a micropezid to me.. do you have a ventral view of the antennae?
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 11-06-2008 15:50
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14131 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, socrates! socrates wrote: Looks like a micropezid to me.. do you have a ventral view of the antennae? No, sorry. I only have dorsal views. It was running so fast and then was away... 
Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 11-06-2008 15:52
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
Neria ephippiata
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 11-06-2008 17:14
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14131 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Kahis! Kahis wrote: Neria ephippiata Fine  , thanks!Edit: on faunaeur.org and in "Entomofauna germanica" there is only Neria ephippium. Same fly?! Edited by Juergen Peters on 11-06-2008 17:20 Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Darwyn Sumner |
Posted on 13-02-2009 09:21
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 Member Location: UK Posts: 147 Joined: 19.02.05 |
Just to confirm that - yes it is Neria ephippium. Black posted a good photograph on this site at http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=2513 and there's another by Urs at http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=4830&pid=21558#post_21558 The striking things about it are its small size compared to other Neria, the sinusoidal shape when viewed from the side and the orange thorax. I've very nearly caught this one, spending a whole day on my knees on a sand dune system on the day after someone else from Dipterists Forum caught it Fairly scarce in the UK |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 13-02-2009 20:47
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14131 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Darwyn! Many thanks for confirmation! This was also my only find of this species here. Never spotted it again since then... Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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