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 milichiidae, little black preditors?
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| uwe |
Posted on 19-10-2008 10:10
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 Member Location: rotterdam Posts: 218 Joined: 11.10.08 |
this family is new to me, am i wrong? uwe uwe attached the following image:  [76.9Kb] |
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| Jan Willem |
Posted on 19-10-2008 11:14
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 Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2158 Joined: 24.07.04 |
I think you are wrong . These specimens, at least the ones on picture two and three, look like calyptrates to me. But there are several people on this forum who can give a better judgement.
Edited by Jan Willem on 19-10-2008 11:15 Jan Willem van Zuijlen |
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| Gordon |
Posted on 19-10-2008 14:08
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 Member Location: Lake Kerkini, Greece Posts: 1101 Joined: 02.01.08 |
I agree with Jan, but that doesn't mean much as I know less than him. We had a thread about a month back in which a small, black, shiny predatory fly was IDed as Coenosia atra or something like that, I think they said it was distinctive, recognisable, so maybe it is the same. Have a look at http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=16166  Gordon Edited by Gordon on 19-10-2008 14:19 |
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| uwe |
Posted on 19-10-2008 19:07
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Member Location: rotterdam Posts: 218 Joined: 11.10.08 |
thank you, even i am stil unsfhure about the family uwe |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 19-10-2008 19:11
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
I'd say Muscidae- Maybe an Hydrotaea sp. |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 20-10-2008 07:07
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
I'd say 1. no idea, could be an acalyptrate, pic too indisctinct. 2. Could be Lonchaeidae, but can not exclude a Muscid, again poor pic quality 3. I think a male Fannia.
Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| Iain MacGowan |
Posted on 21-10-2008 14:03
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 Member Location: Perth, Scotland Posts: 456 Joined: 25.11.04 |
I agree that top right photo is Lonchaeidae, the broad, blue/black thorax is distinctive. This is not the first time there have been photographs of Lonchaeids feeding on dead flies on the forum - there was a pic of one feeding on a Syrphid a few months ago - they obviously have a taste for their own kind! ....... Iain Iain MacGowan |
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| Jan Willem |
Posted on 22-10-2008 06:55
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Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2158 Joined: 24.07.04 |
I didn't know Lonchaeidae show behaviour like that.
Jan Willem van Zuijlen |
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