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Heleomyzidae
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 28-04-2010 15:25
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Not the finest piece of photography I've ever done but this is all I got of this fly... I thought it was an Oecothea sp. but it is lacking spines on tibia 2. Some kind of Eccoptomera or something totally different? Neither genus gets a mention in my Checklist.
Roger Thomason attached the following image: ![]() [42.04Kb] |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 28-04-2010 17:53
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Did you consider Heterocheila buccata (not Heleomyzidae because no vibrissae) ?
Stephane. |
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| Andrzej |
Posted on 28-04-2010 18:08
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Member Location: Poland Posts: 2422 Joined: 05.01.06 |
Really it is !
dr. A. J. Woznica, Institute of Environmental Biology, Wroclaw University of Environmental & Life Sciences |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 29-04-2010 09:39
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Stephane Lebrun wrote: Did you consider Heterocheila buccata (not Heleomyzidae because no vibrissae) ? Thanks Stephane and Andrzej for putting me right... ![]() It didn't cross my mind that this could be H.buccata..I was looking at the odd head shape and didn't even notice that the vibrisse were missing. I have 5 photo's of H.buccata in the Gallery which gives this an embarrassment factor of 5/10. The only thing in my defence is the different gender of that fly, as the head shape is nothing like this one. So is this a male or female of the species? Just so I know next time.Regards Roger....back under the stairs again. Not the finest bit of ID'ing I've ever done...just to match the photography. Edited by Roger Thomason on 29-04-2010 09:42 |
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I thought it was an Oecothea sp. but it is lacking spines on tibia 2. Some kind of Eccoptomera or something totally different? Neither genus gets a mention in my Checklist.

