Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Pegomya holmgreni, Anthomyiidae
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| JariF |
Posted on 09-08-2012 18:30
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06 |
Hi, Anthomyiidae with shining black abdomen and orange first tergite. August 4.-6.2012 Helsinki, Finland and with a malaise trap. Jari JariF attached the following image:  [110.14Kb] Edited by JariF on 13-08-2012 14:45 |
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| Michael Ackland |
Posted on 10-08-2012 09:22
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Member Location: Dorset UK Posts: 680 Joined: 23.02.08 |
Another Pegomya holmgreni female? I have never seen a male, perhaps one will come to your trap? |
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| JariF |
Posted on 12-08-2012 15:22
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06 |
Thank You Michael ! This is getting more and more interesting. The site with the first one was very dry and hot rocky garden and with this one totally different. Very humid seashore with rotten wood all around. Maybe I should send this photo to Denmark again  |
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| Michael Ackland |
Posted on 12-08-2012 20:04
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Member Location: Dorset UK Posts: 680 Joined: 23.02.08 |
My two females of P. holmgreni were caught in a birch forest not far from the shore of Lake Tornatrask in Abisko in July 1995. I would call it a dry forest. The structure of the oviscapt suggests that the larvae live in fungus, which is abundant in Abisko. Other Pegomya species that breed in fungus are very abundant in the birch forests in N . Sweden. The male in Europe (which I have not seen) has yellow/black legs as the female, but Griffiths says that the male in NA has entirely black legs. |
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| JariF |
Posted on 13-08-2012 14:49
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06 |
Ok, maybe the birch is the common factor of these two locations. I must keep my eyes open as I go trough my malaise material during next three months |
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| JariF |
Posted on 13-08-2012 16:31
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06 |
A female number three found and hunt for a male goes on |
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