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 Tiny black one - Lonchaeidae?
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| Sundew |
Posted on 21-09-2011 23:52
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Hi, When we sat in a Thuringian outdoor restaurant in the beginning of September, we watched a tiny black fly on our table. It was obviously ovipositing into the cavities of a waterproof plastic table cover. I wished I could have seen if really eggs were deposited and thus wasted, but my long-sighted eyes had no chance. Is the little one an Agromyzid? I have no other idea. Thanks for help, Sundew Sundew attached the following image:  [159.33Kb] Edited by Sundew on 22-09-2011 13:18 |
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| mcerny |
Posted on 22-09-2011 06:49
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Member Location: Czech Republic Posts: 677 Joined: 15.07.08 |
It is not Agromyzidae. Milo |
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| Sara21392 |
Posted on 22-09-2011 07:53
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I guess Milichiidae!
Sincerely yours Sara |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 22-09-2011 10:39
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Aha - indeed, Agromyzidae should be more intelligent und not use such an absurd brooding substrate  .Thanks to both of you! Can Milichiidae be confirmed? Edited by Sundew on 22-09-2011 10:40 |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 22-09-2011 11:05
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It cannot because it is Lonchaeidae. 
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 22-09-2011 13:07
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Oh my! We are passing through all families of miniature flies... Lonchaeidae members I thought to be a bit bigger at least. So it is a case for Iain.
Edited by Sundew on 22-09-2011 13:19 |
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| conopid |
Posted on 22-09-2011 15:11
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I agree with Paul - Lonchaeidae
Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| Iain MacGowan |
Posted on 23-09-2011 09:40
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 Member Location: Perth, Scotland Posts: 471 Joined: 25.11.04 |
Hi Sundew I can confirm that it is definitely a female Lonchaeid, usual broad thorax, black halteres and a glimpse of the long ovipositor in the bottom photograph, It is difficult to tell much more from the photographs but looking at the length of the antennal flagellomere it is probably a small Lonchaea spp. Iain http://lonchaeidae.myspecies.info Iain MacGowan |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 23-09-2011 10:02
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Dear Iain, thanks for quick and solid help! So it's a sub-plastic-table-cover-breeding Mini-Lonchaea . |
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