Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Blue-fronted Doli
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| Philippe moniotte |
Posted on 04-05-2009 13:07
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 Member Location: Heron, Belgium Posts: 865 Joined: 14.10.05 |
Any suggestion for this elegant little doli ? Ben-Ahin, Belgium, April 30 2009. Approx 4 mm. TIA Philippe Philippe moniotte attached the following image:  [114.38Kb] A beautiful hypothesis can be slain by an ugly fact. |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 04-05-2009 14:10
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Hi Philippe..I had one that looked very similar with the blue marking on the head which turned out to be Syntormon pallipes...Igor or Stefan will give a more measured reply though. |
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| Philippe moniotte |
Posted on 04-05-2009 19:16
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Member Location: Heron, Belgium Posts: 865 Joined: 14.10.05 |
Hello Roger, Thanks for the reply. I looked it up in the gallery, and I'm a bit doubtful really. The antennae don't look right to me, nor does the legs' colour. Here is a different angle of the same fly. Philippe Philippe moniotte attached the following image:  [83.31Kb] A beautiful hypothesis can be slain by an ugly fact. |
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| Stefan Naglis |
Posted on 05-05-2009 09:00
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Member Location: Switzerland Posts: 738 Joined: 27.12.08 |
Looks like Rhaphium female. |
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| Philippe moniotte |
Posted on 07-05-2009 10:26
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Member Location: Heron, Belgium Posts: 865 Joined: 14.10.05 |
Thanks Stefan, I'll try to follow that elad> Philippe A beautiful hypothesis can be slain by an ugly fact. |
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