Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Dolichopodid ID request
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| B Oliver |
Posted on 06-10-2011 00:26
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Member Location: Salinas, CA, USA Posts: 6 Joined: 30.12.06 |
Anyone familiar with this genus? The fly was photographed on Sept. 30, 2011 in Los Padres National Forest, Monterey County, California: Lat. 36.09335, Lon. -121.41844. Fly was near stream working rock surface. Specimen length about 3mm. Unusually long arista and projection on lower face. B Oliver attached the following image:  [175.69Kb] Edited by B Oliver on 06-10-2011 00:30 |
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| Sara21392 |
Posted on 06-10-2011 14:12
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 Member Location: Posts: 1445 Joined: 07.11.10 |
So nice species! 
Sincerely yours Sara |
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| Stefan Naglis |
Posted on 07-10-2011 08:07
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Member Location: Switzerland Posts: 738 Joined: 27.12.08 |
The ornamented arista is typical for Ludovicius (now Sybistroma), but the genus is not present in North America. |
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| Igor Grichanov |
Posted on 07-10-2011 13:02
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 Member Location: St.Petersburg, Russia Posts: 1818 Joined: 17.08.06 |
Tachytrechus auratus (Aldrich, 1896) [Macellocerus] most probably. ST in USNM (3). Type locality: USA: Idaho, Moscow. Nearctic: USA: WA, CA, NV, ID, UT, AZ, CO Igor Grichanov |
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