Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Periscepsia carbonaria?
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 27-11-2008 22:57
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 Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
I found several Periscepsia specimens in sand dunes. Can we call them P. carbonaria? location: Portugal date: 27/11/2008    |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 28-11-2008 20:53
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19299 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Yes Habitat is typcial as well. Great artistic work ! Theo |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 30-11-2008 01:25
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
Thank you Theo! This species is very common in the dunes. Curiously P. handlirschi also seems to be very common, but more inland. I noticed a behavior in the specimen of the photo that I don't understand very well. I made a video of that (http://www.youtub...bZG15xbHRk). The fly was grasping the sand (at around 45 seconds, for example) and I can’t explain why, can you explain this? |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 30-11-2008 02:15
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Out of interest, how are you identifying P. handlirschi?  I notice it isn't in the Central European key  Would be nice if we could update the key if possible. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 30-11-2008 10:20
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19299 Joined: 21.07.04 |
As Rui correctly observed, handlirschi is an inland species of hills and mountains. Carbonaria is typical for sandy beaches with little vegetation. IN handlirschi, the antennae is (even) much longer, something like 10 x as long as wide. Theo |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 30-11-2008 13:56
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Thanks ... I only ask because I have about 7 Periscepsia specimens from Pakistan and I see from Tschorsnig & Richter that there are 7 spp. but I don't have a copy of Mesnil in Lindner If I could borrow a copy then it would make a very useful scanning project  |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 30-11-2008 16:00
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19299 Joined: 21.07.04 |
If they are from Pakistan, they can be many things... even Oriental. Theo |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 30-11-2008 16:35
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
Chris Raper wrote: Out of interest, how are you identifying P. handlirschi? I notice it isn't in the Central European key Would be nice if we could update the key if possible. I'm not really identifying them yet. Some months ago Theo explained me that P. carbonaria could be found on the shore and P. handlirschi more inland and that was the reason that I called them what I did. But it would be interesting to compare specimens from different sites. In the Iberian Peninsula only these two species are known. |
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| mwkozlowski |
Posted on 15-09-2010 07:06
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 Member Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 797 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Yesterday I saw this fly (seems carbonaria) doing the same as on the Rui's video, but it was on small sand spot in a try meadow in Warsaw PL, far away from any shore
mwkozlowski attached the following image:  [68.13Kb] very general entomologist |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 15-09-2010 17:53
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19299 Joined: 21.07.04 |
As long as it sandy, it doesn't need to be sea shore Same locality as Germaria ? Theo |
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| mwkozlowski |
Posted on 15-09-2010 19:12
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Member Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 797 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Zeegers wrote: As long as it sandy, it doesn't need to be sea shore Same locality as Germaria ? Theo yes, some, 100 m away... very general entomologist |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 16-09-2010 07:27
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19299 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Then it is a very typical habitat. Theo |
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