Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Milichiidae (??) Qatar
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| Daniel Whitmore |
Posted on 08-10-2012 17:56
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Hi all, I was sorting through some Qatar material today, and came across these two fellas... My immediate guess is Milichiidae although I am not at all sure. Can anyone help? Cheers! Daniel  
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| Daniel Whitmore |
Posted on 08-10-2012 17:58
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Member Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 97 Joined: 09.07.10 |
Bigger pics... sorry! 
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 08-10-2012 19:37
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I'd suggest Ephydridae
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| Daniel Whitmore |
Posted on 08-10-2012 19:58
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Member Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 97 Joined: 09.07.10 |
Also the second one? Ephydrid would have been one of my guesses for the first, but not for the second.
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 08-10-2012 22:02
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7353 Joined: 19.11.04 |
The darker one with the expanded hind tibia is surely Leptometopa (Milichiidae)
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 08-10-2012 22:03
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Why not Leptometopa?
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 08-10-2012 22:21
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7353 Joined: 19.11.04 |
The smaller one with no arista might be an ephydrid - but it's not a genus I recognise.
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| Daniel Whitmore |
Posted on 08-10-2012 22:36
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Member Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 97 Joined: 09.07.10 |
Leptometopa is a confirmation of an id. I received from someone else... Great! The small one does have an arista, but it's very difficult to discern on the specimen. I will have a closer look, but I was under the impression that it had ephydrid-like rays on the dorsal surface... and the mouthparts are well reminiscent of some ephydrids!  Cheers guys!
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| Daniel Whitmore |
Posted on 09-10-2012 08:03
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Member Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 97 Joined: 09.07.10 |
Got confirmation from Tadeusz Zatwarnicki that the smaller one is an ephydrid: Asmeringa sp.
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 09-10-2012 08:16
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Gallery!!!
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| Daniel Whitmore |
Posted on 09-10-2012 11:22
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Member Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 97 Joined: 09.07.10 |
Sure!
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