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 Anthomyiidae - Fucellia?
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| Sundew |
Posted on 05-04-2010 22:59
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Hi friends, To break my long silence I show you some flies from the Baltic shore I met on Rugia Island two weeks ago. Many of them were on the feathers of a dead sea bird and had much fun together. I suppose it is Fucellia. Can be said more? I am afraid the number of my photos of unidentified flies is inversely proportional to the time I can spend on them. So any help is greatly appreciated! Regards, Sundew Sundew attached the following image:  [137.53Kb] |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 05-04-2010 22:59
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
More pics.
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| Sundew |
Posted on 05-04-2010 23:00
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
And the last ones.
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 05-04-2010 23:07
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Looks like F.fucorum just like the ones I've been finding up here. http://www.dipter...ost_126818 Nice series of pics  Roger |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 05-04-2010 23:23
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
So we agree in the genus, but F. fucorum has black tibiae and mine have brownish ones. F. maritima or F. tergina seem to be better candidates... Thanks, Roger. |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 05-04-2010 23:38
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Hi Sundew I only zoomed in on the first set of pics, the legs on those look very dark to me, the other sets of pics they look brownish....maybe there are not all the same species ???? Or maybe my eyes are in need of a re-test...sans San Miguel.  Roger |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 05-04-2010 23:46
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9554 Joined: 24.05.05 |
I'd say you have reasons both. Photo N2 t2 with av legs black - fucorum Photo NN 7,8 t2 without av, tibiae yellow in basal part - maritima or tergina Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 06-04-2010 00:34
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Well, I checked all my pics - and there is a lot of them - for the colour of the legs, but it is difficult to decide, as the light was suboptimal. However, some flies have a darker frons and thorax and possibly dark tibiae, and the couples always seem to be of identical colour. So there are two species indeed! (I wished I knew the variability of the species, it is hard to estimate, being a non-expert.) I add two more photos of a lighter and a darker specimen. Thanks for discussion. Regards, Sundew Sundew attached the following image:  [174.24Kb] Edited by Sundew on 06-04-2010 00:35 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 06-04-2010 00:39
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Welcome back, Sundew! Hope you show here many photos. |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 06-04-2010 00:56
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Hi Sundew Bottom one looks the same as mine fucorum and the top one as Nikita says either maritima or tergina, Sorry I don't know how to tell those two apart. Apologies for not looking at the second and third set of photo's in larger size...I assumed wrongly that they were all the same species. Regards Roger Edited by Roger Thomason on 06-04-2010 00:59 |
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