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 A weird acalyptrate muscoid fly?
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| aegus |
Posted on 16-09-2011 11:36
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I'm wondering what family does this fly belong to? It looks like an ant and its fore wings are reduced and its notum bristles are setaceus. Thanks for the answer!!!!! aegus attached the following image:  [114.04Kb] |
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| aegus |
Posted on 16-09-2011 11:38
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more pics
aegus attached the following image:  [185.13Kb] |
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| aegus |
Posted on 16-09-2011 11:40
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more pics
aegus attached the following image:  [179.65Kb] |
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| Andrzej |
Posted on 16-09-2011 11:44
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Member Location: Poland Posts: 2433 Joined: 05.01.06 |
where did you collect it ? Andrzej dr. A. J. Woznica, Institute of Environmental Biology, Wroclaw University of Environmental & Life Sciences |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 16-09-2011 11:48
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Strange-looking insect - can we see the mouthparts?
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| aegus |
Posted on 16-09-2011 12:01
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sorry I forgot to give the information of the fly. it was collected at the estuary wetlend in Taiwan (Oriental region), a mangrove area. It is about 5 mm long(head-abdomen) |
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| aegus |
Posted on 16-09-2011 12:03
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ok I will thy to take some photos of the mouthpart. thanks!! |
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| aegus |
Posted on 16-09-2011 12:14
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sorry I don't have the fly now, so I can't take the mouthparts photo immediatly. just attach a very indistinct mouthparts pic here, and I will attach some more clearer pics when I get the fly. aegus attached the following image:  [83.73Kb] |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 16-09-2011 12:17
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Fascinating ... sorry, was just trying to make sure that it didn't have mandibles  I'll be watching this thread with interest 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 16-09-2011 12:32
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
It is a chloropid. I know of species like this with wings, but apparently we have some apterous ones as well. Compare with http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=4292
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| aegus |
Posted on 16-09-2011 12:49
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Thank you very much!!! I caught some thorny chloropids before, but all with wings (attached pic below) but this one without wings, I just coundn't ID it by the wing venation...haha  Thanks for the answer again!!! aegus attached the following image:  [81.97Kb] |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 16-09-2011 13:49
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very odd this last chloropid... |
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| Sara21392 |
Posted on 16-09-2011 14:02
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Paul is right, it's Anatrichus genus! but about last pic I'm doubtful! Just can say it is Oscinelline, but I'm not sure that is the same species! It's interesting and so strange to me!!
Sincerely yours Sara |
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| Sara21392 |
Posted on 16-09-2011 14:48
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I asked to one of experts of Chloropidae (Terry Wheeler), he told: The first one is - Anatrichus (or possibly Myrmecosepsis, but Myrm. is really the same as Anatrichus anyway . . . ) and about last pic, he told: That is Oscinellinae and he knows that it's not in the same tribe as Anatrichus, but there are quite a few other possibilities... He will say about result later! Sincerely yours Sara |
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| aegus |
Posted on 21-09-2011 11:56
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thank you for answering!!!! |
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