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Platypezidae => Agathomyia elegantula? (NW Spain)
Belen
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Posted on 12-11-2013 21:44
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I found this beautiful fly on a mixed deciduous forest (Castanea sativa, Laurus nobilis, Quercus robur, Corylus, Betula, Salix, Prunus, Pinus ...), quite humid but always pleasant temperatures (close to the coast). October 17.

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Agathomyia sp.?

Thanks!
Edited by Belen on 12-11-2013 22:40
 
Menno Reemer
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This seems to be a female Agathomyia elegantula, but I wonder if it has been found this far south in Europe before. Interesting! And the pictures are nice too...
 
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Wow! Thank you very much Paul! Wink This area has a climate similar to the SW of France, to give you an idea (wet with mild temperatures, at most a couple of frost per year and the summer is mild, a couple of days at 35 ° C and the rest between 25-30 ° C maximum), is located in the "rainy Spain".

Regards!
 
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It's true Paul, in Fauna Europaea only appear:

- A. antennata
- A. collini
- A. unicolor

I'll have to find more...
 
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LoL, Thanks for nothing. Wink Menno, all the thanks go to you. Grin
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Oops! awkward A thousand pardons Menno, thanks for all your help ... Wink
 
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