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 Ephydridae?>Chloropidae: Tricimba on Ivy
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| blowave |
Posted on 25-02-2010 22:09
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 Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Hi, Taken on 22nd September 2009 on an Ivy flower, near Lincoln UK. The ivy is overhanging water. I think this was smaller than some Ephydrids, probably less than 2mm. 1 pic only, but I'm posting a view of the whole Ivy flower for size. (2 pics) Janet blowave attached the following image:  [99.33Kb] Edited by blowave on 26-02-2010 22:11 http://cubits.org... |
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| blowave |
Posted on 25-02-2010 22:10
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
The whole flower
blowave attached the following image:  [81.55Kb] http://cubits.org... |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 25-02-2010 23:55
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Chloropidae: Tricimba, with the unmistakable three grooves in the mesonotum. Now you know it is Chloropidae, you will also be able to make out the enlarged ocellar triangle on the frons.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| blowave |
Posted on 26-02-2010 01:16
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Thank you Paul! I see the triangle now, and I was thinking the wings reminded me of something else. I have checked what we have here, in the sug-genus Tricimba there is only Tricimba lineella. There is also the sug-genus Nartshukiella with T. cincta and T. humeralis. Another sub-genus, Crassivenula has only T. brachyptera. Is there any way to narrow it down to species given this? Janet http://cubits.org... |
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