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 Lonchaea Sp.??? bubbling.
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| nick upton |
Posted on 14-03-2010 16:17
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Can anyone confirm the genus of this small fly (maybe 5-6mm) from the Lonchaeidae family as Lonchaea? Possibly L. chorea ?? Photographed 26.6.09 in a Wiltshire garden. NickU - - generalist naturalist and photographer. nick upton attached the following image:  [145.63Kb] |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 14-03-2010 16:18
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Not so sharp, but here is a top view of the same Lonchaea sp? fly, taken 26.6.09 in Wiltshire. NickU nick upton attached the following image:  [120.16Kb] |
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| Iain MacGowan |
Posted on 15-03-2010 10:22
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 Member Location: Perth, Scotland Posts: 465 Joined: 25.11.04 |
Hi Nick Yes it is a Lonchaeid, but with the relatively wide frons it is more likely to belong to the genus Dasiops rather than Lonchaea. With apparently all dark legs it may be D. perpropinquus or D. spatiousus?? Iain Iain MacGowan |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 15-03-2010 11:17
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Many thanks Iain, it's good to have some knowledgeable feedback. The Gbif database has a very few UK records for both these Dasiops species, 1 for D. perpropinquus and 4 for D. spatiosus but I don't know how common small flies like these need to be to pop up in the records frequently! Nick |
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