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 small black Platystomatid - Rivellia
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| Sundew |
Posted on 31-07-2012 14:09
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Hi, Recently I watched some small black flies behaving like Sepsids but with a different wing pattern. I suppose they are Ulidiidae. Please help with ID! Many thanks, Sundew Sundew attached the following image:  [176.64Kb] Edited by Sundew on 31-07-2012 16:07 |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 31-07-2012 14:28
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Rivellia syngenesiae, Platystomatidae. On Fabaceae (larvae eat azobacterian root nodules) Val |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 31-07-2012 16:07
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3938 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Wow - a new family for my collection (now I have 72)! I wonder why I have not seen one before, as Fabaceae is a very common family. And it is funny to learn how many small flies mimic Sepsids (or vice versa  ?) Thank you very much, dear Valery. |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 31-07-2012 18:03
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They guys all mimic ants. That's life... Val |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 31-07-2012 18:11
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3938 Joined: 28.07.07 |
But only in a very short span of their life ants are able to perform wing waving  . |
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