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 Hippoboscidae-looking fly
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| Cranefly |
Posted on 01-02-2010 10:17
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Member Location: Shachovskaya Posts: 647 Joined: 17.09.08 |
I discovered this fly in soil sample where I hoped to find Limoniidae emerging from larvae. Flat, frightful, looking like Hippoboscidae. What is it?
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| Cranefly |
Posted on 01-02-2010 10:17
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Member Location: Shachovskaya Posts: 647 Joined: 17.09.08 |
scutellum with 6 rather long setae |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 01-02-2010 13:36
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Comparing with NW European species it best fits Ornithomya chloropus but a ventral vier clearly showing the colours of the head is necessary to separate it from O. fringillina with confidence.
Edited by Paul Beuk on 01-02-2010 13:36 Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Cranefly |
Posted on 02-02-2010 09:01
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Member Location: Shachovskaya Posts: 647 Joined: 17.09.08 |
Head ventrally seems to be brown with triangular light spots
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| Cranefly |
Posted on 02-02-2010 09:02
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Scutellum with 6 hars but marginal setae are shorter
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 02-02-2010 11:35
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Based on the reference below I would arrive at C. fringillina, but with the provision that there are no other Ornithomya species in the area than avicularia, biloba, choloropus, and fringillina. I have no clue how others might fit in the key and have similar characters. How many DNA sequences are needed for solving a taxonomic problem? The case of two parapatric species of louse flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae: Ornithomya Latreille, 1802). - Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny 65(2): 119-125. (PDF) Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Cranefly |
Posted on 02-02-2010 11:38
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Member Location: Shachovskaya Posts: 647 Joined: 17.09.08 |
Many thanks. |
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