Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Heleomyzidae: Eccoptomera? (24.06.09) --> E. pallescens
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 28-06-2009 20:14
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14131 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello! I guess this 5 mm fly from the light in our garden (again...) is a Heleomyzid (northwest Germany). Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [27.4Kb] Edited by Juergen Peters on 28-06-2009 21:45 Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Andrzej |
Posted on 28-06-2009 21:40
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Member Location: Poland Posts: 2409 Joined: 05.01.06 |
two preapicals on second tibia ! So E. pallescens 
Edited by Andrzej on 28-06-2009 21:41 dr. A. J. Woznica, Institute of Environmental Biology, Wroclaw University of Environmental & Life Sciences |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 28-06-2009 21:44
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14131 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Andrzej! Andrzej wrote: two preapicals on second tibia ! So E. pallescens Nice, an ID to the species with this bad photo! Thanks a lot!
Edited by Juergen Peters on 28-06-2009 21:45 Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| KWQ |
Posted on 11-07-2009 05:00
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Member Location: Turku, Finland Posts: 208 Joined: 10.12.04 |
This thread seems useful for me too, may I ask an additional question on Eccoptomera (females)? I caught one such specimen in Ab: Turku (Finland) 22.6. 2009, and the remarkable thing in it was its colour: totally red-orange. I suspected E. pallescens, but this photo reveals that at least in the above case the thorax is dark. Yet it also has two dorsal preapicals on the 2nd tibia (as Andrzej highlighted), so is there colour variation or sexual dimorphism in this species? My keys (Bei-Bienko, Collin) are verbally very scanty with these female heleomyzids... |
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| Andrzej |
Posted on 11-07-2009 18:26
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Member Location: Poland Posts: 2409 Joined: 05.01.06 |
E. pallescens has the is not totally red-orange !. With all probability it is another species ! you caught  .How many strong dorsolateral bristles on third femur are seen ? dr. A. J. Woznica, Institute of Environmental Biology, Wroclaw University of Environmental & Life Sciences |
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