Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Oplisa aterrima
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| Manuel Lopez |
Posted on 13-10-2012 08:14
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 Member Location: Granada Posts: 2551 Joined: 03.09.11 |
Hello friends!. Here I am again with this small Diptera of 3 mm. Maybe Rhinophoridae ?. I've seen it yesterday in Padul wetland environment. Greetings Manuel Lopez attached the following image:  [151.24Kb] Edited by Manuel Lopez on 14-10-2012 20:39 |
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| Manuel Lopez |
Posted on 13-10-2012 08:18
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Member Location: Granada Posts: 2551 Joined: 03.09.11 |
Another view from above to see the dorso central setae, the wing venation...
Manuel Lopez attached the following image:  [99.02Kb] Edited by Manuel Lopez on 13-10-2012 08:19 Manuel |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 13-10-2012 09:53
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Not Rhinophoridae - the median vein is not bent 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Manuel Lopez |
Posted on 13-10-2012 09:58
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Member Location: Granada Posts: 2551 Joined: 03.09.11 |
Manuel |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 14-10-2012 20:11
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Not bent because it is Oplisa aterrima !
Edited by Stephane Lebrun on 14-10-2012 21:02 Stephane. |
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| Manuel Lopez |
Posted on 14-10-2012 20:37
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Member Location: Granada Posts: 2551 Joined: 03.09.11 |
It sounds to me like that but not for sure. Thanks Stephane ! What about the sex (in this family) ? Another picture Manuel Lopez attached the following image:  [111.41Kb] Edited by Manuel Lopez on 14-10-2012 20:40 Manuel |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 14-10-2012 21:03
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Given the abdomen shape, I would say female.
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