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 again a Suillia
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| Sundew |
Posted on 13-02-2009 22:59
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Hi, I hesitated whether I should bother you with another boring Suillia, but be it. Meanwhile I have taken pictures of so many specimens, and in most cases genus level was the best we could find out. I was told that females could not be identified, but to my shame I have to admit that I even do not know how to tell the Suillia sexes apart... As to this specimen from last June, I have lots of pics from all angles. I can supply more, if a special bristle is needed. However, I would appreciate information what characters are absolutely necessary for ID. So in the future I could decide if a Suillia picture is probably worth to be shown in the forum. Many thanks in advance, Sundew Sundew attached the following image:  [122.07Kb] |
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| Andrzej |
Posted on 13-02-2009 23:06
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Member Location: Poland Posts: 2432 Joined: 05.01.06 |
simple ! Suiilia affinis  Andrzej dr. A. J. Woznica, Institute of Environmental Biology, Wroclaw University of Environmental & Life Sciences |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 13-02-2009 23:44
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Super! But - male or female? (The fat abdomen points to the latter...) |
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| Andrzej |
Posted on 13-02-2009 23:49
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Member Location: Poland Posts: 2432 Joined: 05.01.06 |
a female ! , the fat abdomen is probably full of eggs !. males have a big rounded capsule ! Edited by Andrzej on 13-02-2009 23:50 dr. A. J. Woznica, Institute of Environmental Biology, Wroclaw University of Environmental & Life Sciences |
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| romunov |
Posted on 14-02-2009 11:56
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Member Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia Posts: 52 Joined: 13.02.09 |
I'm new to this and was wondering if you could enlighten me what characters make this fly Suillia affinis? |
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| Andrzej |
Posted on 14-02-2009 12:14
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Member Location: Poland Posts: 2432 Joined: 05.01.06 |
So, well keyed out in Gorodkov, 1972 and Czerny, 1927 (Fliegen der Paläarktischen Region): arista strongly plumose, mesopleuron bare, scutellum fully haired, occipital hairs not blackish !. Face flattened , cross veins with darkened areas.
dr. A. J. Woznica, Institute of Environmental Biology, Wroclaw University of Environmental & Life Sciences |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 14-02-2009 13:12
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Good to know! I wonder whether my fly of thread http://www.dipter...d_id=13855 belonged to the same species - at least there is a strongly plumose arista, too. However, Phil said females cannot be identified... |
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