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 Heleomyzidae (young female)
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| lagura |
Posted on 06-02-2009 20:32
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 Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08 |
Could be a Heleomyzidae for all I know. Can it be identified from these photos? What's that orange thing it's got on the frons (I believe that's what that area is called  )Size: ~7mm Date: 1 December 2008 Location: Wooden railing around a pond (Helsingborg, Sweden) Thank You! lagura attached the following image:  [90.72Kb] Edited by lagura on 07-02-2009 02:00  |
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| lagura |
Posted on 06-02-2009 20:33
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Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08 |
Dorsal view
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| lagura |
Posted on 06-02-2009 20:34
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Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08 |
Lateral view. Quite an acrobatic fly
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| Andrzej |
Posted on 06-02-2009 21:06
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Member Location: Poland Posts: 2419 Joined: 05.01.06 |
Young adult !. Really a heleomyzid fly. It's female and difficult to ID  Andrzej dr. A. J. Woznica, Institute of Environmental Biology, Wroclaw University of Environmental & Life Sciences |
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| andrzej grzywacz |
Posted on 06-02-2009 23:58
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 Member Location: Poland Posts: 103 Joined: 09.02.08 |
If I think correct the orange thing on head is the ptilinum (inflation of this membrane help to emerge puparium by fly, after some time this membrane is withdrawn by right muscle). It is very important character of flies (about 80 families) classified into Schizophora group. |
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| lagura |
Posted on 07-02-2009 02:04
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Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08 |
Thanks Andrzej and Andrzej! Interesting to know about the orange thing. It's the first time I've seen it. |
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