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 Minettia inusta
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| jeremyr |
Posted on 16-08-2012 16:00
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among many orange flies this seemed to have a particular wing-pattern. Might that suggest a family or genus?
jeremyr attached the following image:  [35.51Kb] Edited by jeremyr on 04-12-2012 03:09 |
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| Gnats2meetu |
Posted on 16-08-2012 16:04
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Suillia sp. (Heleomyzidae)?
Edited by Gnats2meetu on 16-08-2012 16:07 Bobby D Jorvík |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 16-08-2012 16:10
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Minettia inusta (Lauxaniidae)
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| Gnats2meetu |
Posted on 16-08-2012 16:57
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WOOPS
Bobby D Jorvík |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 17-08-2012 09:53
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R2DD: remember that Suillia must have conspicuous bristles along the costa, which is not the case. (this character is useful to separate some families/genera). |
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| Andrzej |
Posted on 17-08-2012 12:30
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and ... only one pair of orbital bristles ;-)
Dr. A. J. Woznica, Institute of Biology, Wroclaw University of Environmental & Life Sciences. Poland |
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| Gnats2meetu |
Posted on 18-08-2012 13:41
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Thanks Jorge and Andrzej! I should take these features into account before jumping to conclusions! Good learning curve!
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