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 unknown 4 mm fly -> Anthomyiidae -> Delia radicum/floralis/planipalpis group
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| pat_der2003 |
Posted on 11-04-2010 19:38
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Member Location: Paris area, France Posts: 1731 Joined: 20.08.07 |
also on this sandy space in Fontainebleau forest, France, on april 11 2010, there was this little fly resting at the sun or waiting for something ?
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 11-04-2010 19:41
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 11-04-2010 21:57
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7332 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Looks rather like Leucophora - an anthomyiid that specialises in parasitising mining bees by taking over their nests. It was probably waiting for a suitable host to appear.
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| javanerkelens |
Posted on 11-04-2010 22:37
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I think the frontal vitta is to broad for a Leucophora.. Maybe a Botanophila, but not sure about it.. Do you have another photo..? Joke |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 11-04-2010 23:50
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7332 Joined: 19.11.04 |
You amy be correct, Joke, but I thought that some female Leucophora had a broad frons (30% of head width). More photos would certainly help.
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| pat_der2003 |
Posted on 12-04-2010 04:22
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Member Location: Paris area, France Posts: 1731 Joined: 20.08.07 |
Many thanks to all of you !!  Tony Irwin wrote: Looks rather like Leucophora - an anthomyiid that specialises in parasitising mining bees by taking over their nests. It was probably waiting for a suitable host to appear. that was my thoughts !  i photographed at the same sandy place and same time Andrenidae and a cuckoo bee !!javanerkelens wrote: I think the frontal vitta is to broad for a Leucophora.. Maybe a Botanophila, but not sure about it.. Do you have another photo..? Joke i put those two other views : a 3/4 of the face and a lateral shot. i hope it could help !
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| pat_der2003 |
Posted on 12-04-2010 04:23
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Member Location: Paris area, France Posts: 1731 Joined: 20.08.07 |
the lateral shot.
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| javanerkelens |
Posted on 12-04-2010 20:11
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Member Location: Netherlands Posts: 2962 Joined: 18.10.07 |
I think ......somewhere around Delia floralis / radicum /... Is it possible to make a crop of the area around the notopleuron setae? There should be some small hairs between them. Joke |
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| pat_der2003 |
Posted on 13-04-2010 17:46
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Member Location: Paris area, France Posts: 1731 Joined: 20.08.07 |
i don't know if this is the notopleuron area ... and, if so, it's the better crop i can do !! hope it can help !!
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| javanerkelens |
Posted on 13-04-2010 20:20
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Member Location: Netherlands Posts: 2962 Joined: 18.10.07 |
You did your best !! But difficult to say if there are hairs present....it seems there could be one below the shadow of the front neutopleural (and some females can have only one hair..), but is it convincing...no, i think just not sharp enough . Nevertheless i still think it is one of the Delia radicum/floralis/planipalpis group Pity...Joke
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| pat_der2003 |
Posted on 14-04-2010 09:36
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Member Location: Paris area, France Posts: 1731 Joined: 20.08.07 |
Many thanks Joke !! it's OK for me ! Identification from photographies is difficult enough, so getting a genus name and a group of few species is a good job !! on the contrary, it seems that Delia sp are plant pests and not parasites of wild bees as i previously thought ... thanks again ! |
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| javanerkelens |
Posted on 14-04-2010 19:01
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Member Location: Netherlands Posts: 2962 Joined: 18.10.07 |
it seems that Delia sp are plant pests and not parasites of wild bees as i previously thought Indeed many Delia sp. are pest. Delia radicum/floralis/planipalpis are often pest of all sorts of plants from the genus Brassica... Also many Anthomyiidae are leafminers (for instance..Pegomya, Chirosia) Just a very interesting group of flies...Anthomyiidae  Joke |
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