Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Elaphropeza ephippiata, Hybotidae
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| JariF |
Posted on 07-02-2010 09:29
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06 |
Hi, I have some of these yellow flies in my unsorted Hybotidae unit. They are all in bad condition (don't know why, maybe they are soft or something). Does these belong to Hybotidae at all ? July 16. 2008 Loviisa, Finland. Jari JariF attached the following image:  [134.16Kb] Edited by JariF on 07-02-2010 10:52 |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 07-02-2010 09:38
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 Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
Elaphropeza sp., I think. |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 07-02-2010 09:39
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9462 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Looks like Elaphropeza ephippiata
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| JariF |
Posted on 07-02-2010 09:43
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06 |
Well thank You. In our list Elaphropeza is a subgenus for Drapetis with only this one species ephippiata. This don't look at all like Drapetis for me but is new one for me again  Jari |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 07-02-2010 09:52
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
I have a video of one Elaphropeza. The video is titled Elaphropeza cf. ephippiata, but now I think that it's not this species. YouTube Video |
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| igor |
Posted on 07-02-2010 13:31
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Member Location: Posts: 300 Joined: 23.11.06 |
Dear Rui, I guess you have an undescribed species on your video. Regards, Igor |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 07-02-2010 22:32
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
This being based on the fact that most of the mesonotum is glossy black and in the known West Palaearctic species it is either yellow with black markings or it has a dark brown median band. http://www.online...?key_no=16 Edited by Paul Beuk on 07-02-2010 22:34 Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 07-02-2010 23:53
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
I hope it will be confirmed as a new species . |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 08-02-2010 00:10
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Did you collect and, if so, how many?
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 08-02-2010 00:37
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
I've collected this particular specimen. I've already sent all my Elaphropeza specimens to Patrick Grootaert so I can't confirm how many they were. From this particular location there seems to be two different species the other seeming to be E. boergei. In a site 4 km from this place I've found E. ephippiata too! |
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| igor |
Posted on 08-02-2010 10:01
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Member Location: Posts: 300 Joined: 23.11.06 |
Paul: There is one more West Palaearctic species, Elaphropeza pseudoephippiata Raffone, 2003 (Italy, Calabria), and it is most similar to the specimen on the video. Regards, Igor |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 09-02-2010 09:23
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Do you think the updated key is correct?
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