Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 small fly at Corfu (May 2011) -> Platypygus cf. ridibundus
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| danielv |
Posted on 26-08-2011 09:21
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Member Location: Germany Posts: 34 Joined: 17.08.11 |
Hi, is it possible to ID this fly? On mesonotum it has a very special design... Length about 4mm. Best regards, Daniel danielv attached the following image:  [49.33Kb] Edited by danielv on 26-08-2011 11:29 |
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| danielv |
Posted on 26-08-2011 09:21
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Member Location: Germany Posts: 34 Joined: 17.08.11 |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 26-08-2011 10:20
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Mythicomyiidae. Jorge is our specialist. 
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| danielv |
Posted on 26-08-2011 10:42
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Member Location: Germany Posts: 34 Joined: 17.08.11 |
Hi Paul, thanks for the family! Maybe Jorge can say something about it. |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 26-08-2011 10:58
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Platypygus cf. ridibundus. Was it collected? I received some specimens from Almería this year. They feed on Crassulaceae flowers (like Sedum spp.) and Caryophyllaceae flowers (Spergularia sp.) Playtpygus can have striking differences as I saw in the Turkey and Spain specimens. But yours is like our Portuguese specimens. May you tell where in Corfu this Platypygus was spotted... thanks. (to add info to my database on Mythicomyiidae). |
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| danielv |
Posted on 26-08-2011 11:27
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Member Location: Germany Posts: 34 Joined: 17.08.11 |
Thanks Jorge for the ID! No, it was not collected... I found it in Barbati (Mparmpati). Do you need the exact coordinates? I cant remember the flower, but could have been Spergularia sp. like you said. Regards, Daniel Edited by danielv on 26-08-2011 11:28 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 26-08-2011 11:53
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Collect them if possible, please. |
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| danielv |
Posted on 26-08-2011 12:25
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Member Location: Germany Posts: 34 Joined: 17.08.11 |
jorgemotalmeida wrote: Collect them if possible, please. I was just there for holidays. Im form Germany. Dont know when/if I will be there again. |
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