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 little fly > Lauxaniidae ?
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 24-01-2009 21:50
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 Member Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 2082 Joined: 17.10.05 |
hi flyforum, a little fly with large wings and I was a bit thinking of Lauxaniidae but I have doubts about that... What kind of species is it? arista plumose place: Amsterdam forest date: 24-01-2009 Robert Heemskerk attached the following image:  [99.83Kb] Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 24-01-2009 21:51 Greeting, Robert Heemskerk ---- WWW: http://robertheem...ndedag.htm --- |
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 24-01-2009 21:50
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Member Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 2082 Joined: 17.10.05 |
view on the wings
Robert Heemskerk attached the following image:  [105.49Kb] Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 24-01-2009 21:51 Greeting, Robert Heemskerk ---- WWW: http://robertheem...ndedag.htm --- |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 24-01-2009 21:57
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
This is Scaptomyza pallida, Drosophilidae. Lauxaniidae never have a costal break on the wing.
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 24-01-2009 22:02
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
also lauxaniids never have vibrissae! hmm.. maybe one exception.  And generally they do not have arista plumose as we can see in this fly.
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 24-01-2009 22:06 |
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 24-01-2009 22:07
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Member Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 2082 Joined: 17.10.05 |
thanks Stephane and Jorge, you are right! I should have known, I watched these flies before 
Greeting, Robert Heemskerk ---- WWW: http://robertheem...ndedag.htm --- |
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