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 Lauxaniidae
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| Margarita Auer |
Posted on 31-01-2011 00:08
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Dear members, A little fly with beautiful eyes. Found 30.9.10 garden in Lower Austria,near Vienna. Thank You for ID Margarita Auer Margarita Auer attached the following image:  [71.52Kb] |
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| Margarita Auer |
Posted on 31-01-2011 00:09
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| Margarita Auer |
Posted on 31-01-2011 00:09
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| Mark-uk |
Posted on 31-01-2011 00:40
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 Member Location: UK - Hampshire Posts: 792 Joined: 01.02.10 |
it's Calliopum sp. either aeneum or simillimum. one needs to see genitalia to tell apart |
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| rvanderweele |
Posted on 31-01-2011 06:15
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Member Location: Leiden, the Netherlands Posts: 1988 Joined: 01.11.06 |
BTW, I have never seen a Calliopum or any other Lauxaniidae visiting flowers, I think.
ruud van der weele rvanderweele@gmail.com |
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| Mark-uk |
Posted on 31-01-2011 13:33
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Member Location: UK - Hampshire Posts: 792 Joined: 01.02.10 |
I didn't notice that - too interested in the fly. Yes generally Lauxaniidae are flies of shady places. I get a few when sweeping flower meadow, notably Sapromyza basalis and the odd Calliopum. but I am never sure if they are there for the flowers, or in the grasses? Specific Lauxaniidae habitat preferences don't seem to be as well recorded as they should be. I for one, would welcome and notes on this Mark |
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| Margarita Auer |
Posted on 31-01-2011 23:45
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Member Location: Posts: 411 Joined: 31.03.07 |
[Thanks a lot Mark |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 01-02-2011 09:43
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
I suspect this is simillimum...
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| Mark-uk |
Posted on 01-02-2011 12:00
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Member Location: UK - Hampshire Posts: 792 Joined: 01.02.10 |
Hi Paul not that I doubt you, why do you think simillimum? as I can only seperate these on genitalia. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 01-02-2011 13:05
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
There are some other characters, including different dust patterns on the head. Hence I think simillimum.
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| Steve Gaimari |
Posted on 01-02-2011 18:41
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 Member Location: Sacramento, California, USA Posts: 169 Joined: 08.10.04 |
rvanderweele wrote: BTW, I have never seen a Calliopum or any other Lauxaniidae visiting flowers, I think. I've collected many lauxaniids on flowers. Yes, usually they are on leaves in forests, etc., but not uncommon on flowers. Some - such as the New World genus Pseudocalliope - are found in flowers most of the time - specifically on Yucca. |
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| rvanderweele |
Posted on 01-02-2011 18:51
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Member Location: Leiden, the Netherlands Posts: 1988 Joined: 01.11.06 |
Okay, Steve, but here, in Europe, I cannot remember to have seen any Lauxaniid on flowers, nor Meiosimyza, not Sapromyza or Lauxania, or Calliopum, Homoneura, Minettia. Or I collected them indeed on leaves, on branches, in grass, sometimes on half rotten fruits in trees (!), or by sweeping or on light.
ruud van der weele rvanderweele@gmail.com |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 01-02-2011 19:38
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Well, the picture does not show it feeding on pollen or nectar so it may just have been sitting on the petal.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| rvanderweele |
Posted on 01-02-2011 19:46
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Member Location: Leiden, the Netherlands Posts: 1988 Joined: 01.11.06 |
Sure, exactly what I noticed!
ruud van der weele rvanderweele@gmail.com |
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