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 ( family=?)Scathophagidae Gimnomera
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| Steve Pelikan |
Posted on 28-11-2009 17:45
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Member Location: Ohio, U.S.A. Posts: 56 Joined: 24.06.06 |
Keys as Agromyzid (Sc complete, both sc- and h- breaks in costa).
Steve Pelikan attached the following image:  [119.68Kb] Edited by Steve Pelikan on 25-01-2010 02:41 |
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| Steve Pelikan |
Posted on 28-11-2009 17:46
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Member Location: Ohio, U.S.A. Posts: 56 Joined: 24.06.06 |
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| Steve Pelikan |
Posted on 28-11-2009 17:47
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Member Location: Ohio, U.S.A. Posts: 56 Joined: 24.06.06 |
...and wing. Sorry for all the pictures --- I'm not very good at interpreting photoraphs always wishing I could grab the thing and turn it just a little bit... Steve Pelikan attached the following image:  [102.38Kb] |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 30-11-2009 16:14
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The impression I have is that of a Scathophagidae.
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| viktor j nilsson |
Posted on 30-11-2009 23:26
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Member Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Posts: 203 Joined: 25.02.08 |
So do I. But it is quite understandable sometimes that Scatophagids end up as acalyptrates, as the typical calyptrate characters are least pronounced in this family. |
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| Steve Pelikan |
Posted on 01-12-2009 05:02
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Member Location: Ohio, U.S.A. Posts: 56 Joined: 24.06.06 |
Thank you both very much. That's a great suggestion that makes sense and that I'll follow up on immediately. I'm sure everyone understands how a fly I that can't be place is a terrible worry... so all will understand my gratitude. |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 01-12-2009 06:59
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At least this fly has typycally calyptrate and scatophagide dorsal setae on tarsi
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| Steve Pelikan |
Posted on 10-12-2009 20:18
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Member Location: Ohio, U.S.A. Posts: 56 Joined: 24.06.06 |
Thanks again for the help. I now think this is a Scathophagid (pedicel w/complete dorsal seam, gr. ampulla faintly present). The fly is only 4mm long which worried me until I learned that there are actually leaf mining scathophagids such as Paralleloma Becker, which this fly could be. I haven't been able to find any images of the genus on the WEB. |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 02-01-2010 23:08
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Please, check for Gimnomera tarsea (Scathophagidae).
Stephane. |
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| Steve Pelikan |
Posted on 04-01-2010 02:29
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Member Location: Ohio, U.S.A. Posts: 56 Joined: 24.06.06 |
Thanks! Gimnomera works well, though the fly lacks pre-acrostichal hairs called for in my key (Nearctic Diptera). Otherwise the match is very good... all the way to the dark edges on the terga. And the photo in Dr Stuart G. Ball's key to British Scathophagids looks very good except for the overall color. Perhaps a different species: we don't seem to have G. tarsea here (central U.S.A.), but there are several species here and I now have great hopes that the genus is correct. |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 04-01-2010 06:57
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Oops, I didn't realize it was from USA. It is very likely another species (if not another genus).
Edited by Stephane Lebrun on 04-01-2010 06:58 Stephane. |
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| Steve Pelikan |
Posted on 04-01-2010 07:27
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Member Location: Ohio, U.S.A. Posts: 56 Joined: 24.06.06 |
No, I really you've got the genus right. The hairs could well be rubbed off (several bristles on scutellum are missing too) and everything else seems correct. I apologize for not marking the location! |
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| Steve Pelikan |
Posted on 25-01-2010 02:44
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Member Location: Ohio, U.S.A. Posts: 56 Joined: 24.06.06 |
Seems to be Gimnomera incisurata J.R. Malloch 1920 type location is just 200 miles W of where this fly was. Thanks everyone! |
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