Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tephritidae? Sciomycidae?
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| Renate |
Posted on 27-05-2010 19:13
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 Member Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 82 Joined: 09.03.09 |
Hi, I would have thought that even someone like me could identify this pretty little fly. But it looks like I need your help yet again. Hamburg, Germany, mainly in reeds, 27-May 2010 Thanks & Rgds Renate attached the following image:  [98.68Kb] Edited by Renate on 27-05-2010 19:15 |
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| Renate |
Posted on 27-05-2010 19:15
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Member Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 82 Joined: 09.03.09 |
lateral view
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 27-05-2010 19:29
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Ulidiidae; Melieria sp. similar to picta in the Gallery http://www.dipter...to_id=4669 don't know if it is the same though. Roger |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 27-05-2010 19:37
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I'd say Melieria cf. omissa (Ulidiidae)
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| Renate |
Posted on 27-05-2010 20:59
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Member Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 82 Joined: 09.03.09 |
Thanks to both of you. No wonder I couldn't find it if I'm too daft even to find the correcty family  |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 27-05-2010 22:45
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Member Location: Posts: 3553 Joined: 28.12.07 |
No, you ain't. I know at least two very best experts in the Tephritoidea who confessed they started their scientific career from attempts to ID sciomyzids or ulidiids with the key to Tephritidae species. The third was I myself. 
Val |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 27-05-2010 22:58
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Very nice pics - wished I'd find it here, too! |
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