Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Anthomyiidae?
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| Sundew |
Posted on 09-03-2009 19:54
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Hi, These small grey ones are too difficult for me. I think this is an anthomyiid. I wonder if a bit more could be said. It is a Berlin fly from last May. Thanks, Sundew PS. The arista is plumose. Sundew attached the following image:  [114.38Kb] Edited by Sundew on 09-03-2009 19:55 |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 09-03-2009 21:26
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7344 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Cross-veins look a bit darkened - I wonder if this is Anthomyia liturata?
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Michael Ackland |
Posted on 10-03-2009 10:43
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Member Location: Dorset UK Posts: 680 Joined: 23.02.08 |
arista short plumose or long plumose? If it is what I would call long rayed (individual rays few in mumber) it is probably Hylemya variata; if shorter haired (with more numerous hairs) it could be Anthomyia liturata |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 10-03-2009 10:49
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
I'd say it's the first case.
Sundew attached the following image:  [161.08Kb] |
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| Michael Ackland |
Posted on 10-03-2009 21:20
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Member Location: Dorset UK Posts: 680 Joined: 23.02.08 |
That's short plumose! Arista about the same as liturata, but I still can't reconcile the photo with liturata because the abdomen is almost cylindrical in photo 3 unlike liturata where it is semi compressed. Perhaps in life the abdomen is cylindrical, but in all my dried specimens it is flattened in basal half. |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 10-03-2009 21:49
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
The arista hairs look well-proportioned compared to the arista length, I wonder how a "long plumose" arista would look like... There are some A. liturata photos in the gallery that show a cylindrical abdomen, but with a lateral "keel", so that a flattened shape might form when being dried. - I shall label my pics "A. liturata group", which hopefully covers such variability. Many thanks for your efforts, dear Michael! Best regards, Sundew |
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