Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tiny fly (26.09.09)
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 03-10-2009 21:35
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14250 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hi! I was only photographing the butterfly...  . Any idea about the small Brachycera? (Northwest Germany, last weekend)
Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [77.65Kb] Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| javanerkelens |
Posted on 03-10-2009 22:23
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 Member Location: Netherlands Posts: 2962 Joined: 18.10.07 |
 Nice photo! The little fly, looks a siphona sp. to me.. Joke van Erkelens |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 03-10-2009 22:50
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14250 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hi, Joke! javanerkelens wrote: The little fly, looks a siphona sp. to me.. Siphona sp. were indeed very numerous here in the last weeks. But I had them small, but not *so* small in mind. Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [42.76Kb] Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 03-10-2009 23:50
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Colour scheme seems similar to Ceranthia lichtwardtiana in the Gallery...Don't know what size they are, or if they are found in Germany. Roger |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 04-10-2009 16:48
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14250 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hi, Roger! Roger Thomason wrote: Colour scheme seems similar to Ceranthia lichtwardtiana in the Gallery...Don't know what size they are, or if they are found in Germany. Thanks, they look really quite similar. And the species occurs in Germany, but I don't know more on the size than "small". I did not expect to get a genus or even species name for this little fly, family would be more than fine. And there are two votes vor Tachinidae... 
Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 04-10-2009 17:51
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
The overall appearance would seem to suggest Siphona (Tachinidae) and I think you can make out the forward-pointing, hinged proboscis on the photo.
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 04-10-2009 18:11
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14250 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hi, Chris! ChrisR wrote: The overall appearance would seem to suggest Siphona (Tachinidae) and I think you can make out the forward-pointing, hinged proboscis on the photo. Thanks! I'm not sure, whether I see a proboscis or a part of a foreleg. If it's a proboscis, it's much shorter than that of the one on the big photo. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 04-10-2009 18:31
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Siphona have a folding proboscis - first picture shows it folded - second picture shows it extended 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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