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 Cephalodromia sp. ??
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| Guillermo Booth Rea |
Posted on 27-09-2008 17:49
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Member Location: Granada Posts: 276 Joined: 08.02.08 |
This one is for Jorge. The photo is not very good, but it was practically impossible to do better. Very small, 2-3 mm. Feeding on fennel. Semiarid scrubland. 600 masl. Lorca, S Spain. 24 September 2008.
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| Guillermo Booth Rea |
Posted on 27-09-2008 17:50
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Member Location: Granada Posts: 276 Joined: 08.02.08 |
Another view.
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 27-09-2008 17:55
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
I don't believe!!!! I'm in a process of having a visual ORGASM seeing these beauties! Mtyhicomyiidae by sure! Alas, this is not the typical Cephalodromia . The Cephalodromia has a longer proboscis! Hermosa mosca! (Beautiful fly - in Spanish). I would like to see wing venation better.  |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 27-09-2008 17:59
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
i'm not sure if it is normal to see a mythicomyiid on Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) flowers. Typically they can be found on Euphorbiaceae plants and Asteraceae flowers. Curiously, it is common to find more flies in the former plants (Euphorbiaceae) in Africa in relation to the Europe. |
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| Guillermo Booth Rea |
Posted on 27-09-2008 18:03
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Member Location: Granada Posts: 276 Joined: 08.02.08 |
Thanks Jorge. I did what I could, with the long fennel branches swinging in the wind and the size. Now I know how to find them!!! I have to look for dust particles moving around the flowers! Cheers! |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 27-09-2008 19:43
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
I know how hard is to take photos to the mythicomyiids. They are very tiny flies. Given the conditions, the photos are just good, at least, to see the family.  Lorca is a very known Spanish poet and dramaturg. Curious to know that there is a local with his name. |
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| David Gibbs |
Posted on 28-09-2008 14:10
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 Member Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 833 Joined: 17.06.06 |
I feel fairly confident that i can name this one as Cyrtosia obscuripes |
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| Guillermo Booth Rea |
Posted on 28-09-2008 15:58
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Member Location: Granada Posts: 276 Joined: 08.02.08 |
Thanks David. I will load it in the gallery then. Cheers. |
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