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 Tiny Phoridae ?
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| LordV |
Posted on 30-01-2009 09:38
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Think this is a scuttle fly- smallest one I've found at 1.6mm body length. Taken at 4:1 Yesterday on a compost bin lid South coast UK. Brian V   |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 30-01-2009 10:12
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Though the wing venation is not visible the jizz suggests Sphaeroceridae. Both Sphaerocerids and Phorids have much smaller species than this (cc 1 mm or even below).
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 30-01-2009 10:23
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Indeed, Sphaeroceridae.
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| LordV |
Posted on 30-01-2009 10:56
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Thanks for the ID correction_ I'll get one of these correct one day  Brian V. |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 30-01-2009 11:08
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 Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Xespok wrote: Both Sphaerocerids and Phorids have much smaller species than this (cc 1 mm or even below). I have a copy of Laszlo Papp's short book (published after his presentation he held when he was elected to Hungarian Academy of Science), called 'Of the rarity of flies'. In this he mentions fly species described by him that are only known from one specimen. One is Reunionia unicalis, a 1,1 mm long wingless Sphaerocerid from Reunion. The antenna's arista is as long as the body. There's a picture also, I can show it here (if it does not hurt copyright). There's also a drawing from Thaumomima mountwilhelmi, a wingless ephydrid known only from one specimen. |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 30-01-2009 17:44
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Rarity is a very subjective thing. I wonder how many dipterists have ever collected in Reunion. Maybe the fly is dead common there...
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| pwalter |
Posted on 30-01-2009 22:25
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Xespok wrote: Rarity is a very subjective thing. I wonder how many dipterists have ever collected in Reunion. Maybe the fly is dead common there... Yeah, he mentions how rarity can be a confusing and subjective term, and tries to define it objectively. BTW I would really go there and collect to help science clear this question 
Edited by pwalter on 30-01-2009 22:25 |
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