Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Lispe tentaculata
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| crex |
Posted on 01-04-2007 18:19
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 Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
The last days in Sweden has been sunny and warm. Hopefully we have seen the last snow for this winter ... Had almost forgot how to take photos. This is a medium sized fly (5-8mm I think). I found several of them on wet dirt, but they were very cautious and wouldn't sit still to let me take a picture. All except this one that was eating on a larva/nymph of some kind. Legs black except foretarsus that is pink. Location: Near Stockholm, Sweden Date: 2007-APR-01 Habitat: Wet mud/dirt Thanx in advance for an ID! I'm guessing Lispe sp of some sort, but I fear it also could be Anthomyiidae. crex attached the following image:  [112.98Kb] Edited by crex on 27-09-2009 22:14 |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 01-04-2007 18:42
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9475 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Hi Crex. Lispe is correct (you can see spoon-like palpi). Female of Lispe consanguinea/tentaculata, 3 post sut dc - L. consanguinea, but legs seems to me too dark... Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| crex |
Posted on 01-04-2007 22:25
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Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
Nikita Vikhrev wrote: Hi Crex. Lispe is correct (you can see spoon-like palpi). Female of Lispe consanguinea/tentaculata, 3 post sut dc - L. consanguinea, but legs seems to me too dark... Nikita Thank you Nikita. As far as I can see (if I understand it right) there are 3 bristles backside the suture (not counting the one or two on scutellum). I guess then that L. tentaculata doesn't have 3 post sut dc!? The legs are almost entirely black, but the pinkish foretarsus ... The palpi seems to be orange on outside and white on the inside, but when they are shown white I guess it might be the reflections of the flash light. Any other detail that would make it possible to ID? |
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| crex |
Posted on 05-04-2007 23:11
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Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
Any thoughts on what the prey might be? |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 05-04-2007 23:28
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9475 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Prey is Trichoptera larvae
Edited by Nikita Vikhrev on 01-10-2010 16:42 Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| crex |
Posted on 06-04-2007 22:18
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Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
Nikita Vikhrev wrote: Prey is Trichoptera larvae Thanx again Nikita! |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 30-04-2009 15:38
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9475 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Now I can't understand my 2 years ago doubts: it is male of Lispe tentaculata Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| crex |
Posted on 27-09-2009 22:14
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Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
A late thank you to Nikita  |
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