Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Dolichopodid for ID, C Spain--> Medetera flavipes
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 14-08-2011 20:20
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 Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
This is probably the tyniest Dolichopolid I ever dared to photograph. Probably 2-3 mm long. There were swarms of them sitting on a tree bark. The first view is the best I could get for a general view with my compart. A miracle considering the size of the creature. Taken in a little woodland by a marsh in C Spain on the 7th August 2011. Piluca_Alvarez attached the following image:  [105.52Kb] Edited by Piluca_Alvarez on 24-08-2011 18:28 |
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 14-08-2011 20:21
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
A croser view taken with a macro lense. Not the same specimen than the previous picture but it was part of the swarm of them.
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 14-08-2011 20:22
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Another picture, just in case it provides more information.
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 14-08-2011 20:24
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Medetera sp.
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| Igor Grichanov |
Posted on 15-08-2011 07:18
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 Member Location: St.Petersburg, Russia Posts: 1818 Joined: 17.08.06 |
Medetera flavipes Meigen, 1824, mass species in Mediterraneans (sister species are very rare)
Igor Grichanov |
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 15-08-2011 13:46
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Thanks a million to you both, Paul and Igor!! This is much more than I expected! Glad I took the effort to struggle to get some pictures. And Igor, certainly, very common. No chance it is one of the rarest species  |
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