Gallery Links
Users Online
· Guests Online: 9

· Members Online: 1
Lippo

· Total Members: 4,954
· Newest Member: Christine Bouet-Battisti
Forum Threads
Newest Threads
· Too curious
· Lauxaniidae
· Tachinidae
· An index of names in...
· Stratiomyidae - Lasi...
Hottest Threads
· Portraits of amat... [338]
· Fly bubble blowing [172]
· Ariasella lusitan... [105]
· Pinning flies and... [94]
Theme Switcher
Switch to:
Last Seen Users
· LippoOnline
· runetk< 5 mins
· Tetrao00:13:43
· brianp00:17:58
· MorganA00:26:32
· smol00:54:42
· Morten A Mjelde01:07:33
· weia01:53:18
· Carlo Monari02:25:51
· Volker02:32:23
Latest Photo Additions

Chyliza extenuata (f...

Chyliza extenuata (f...

Tabanus punctifer (f...

Xanthogramma laetum ...

Xanthogramma laetum ...

Xanthogramma laetum ...

Leptometopa latipes ...

Hybomitra autumnalis...

Gymnosoma dolycoridi...

Paratrixa polonica (2)
View Thread
Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Fossils
Who is here? 1 guest(s)
 Print Thread
Fossilized dolichopodid in amber
AnaGoncalves
#1 Print Post
Posted on 01-12-2013 23:57
Member

Location: Portugal
Posts: 22
Joined: 05.02.13

 Today I bought this amber with flies in it, including one Dolichopodidae. I think it is baltic amber. Is it possible to determine its genus?

Best Regards,
Ana Gonçalves
AnaGoncalves attached the following image:


[48.45Kb]
Edited by AnaGoncalves on 02-12-2013 00:00
 
John Carr
#2 Print Post
Posted on 02-12-2013 01:40
User Avatar

Member

Location: Massachusetts, USA
Posts: 9840
Joined: 22.10.10

 Medetera?
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31715949@N00
AnaGoncalves
#3 Print Post
Posted on 05-12-2013 23:41
Member

Location: Portugal
Posts: 22
Joined: 05.02.13

 It is a possibility Smile
 
ChrisR
#4 Print Post
Posted on 06-12-2013 20:01
User Avatar

Administrator

Location: Reading, England
Posts: 7699
Joined: 12.07.04

 I would advise showing it to an amber expert because there is a whole industry of making 'fakes' from copal or resin.
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.
 
http://tachinidae.org.uk
Jump to Forum:
Similar Threads
Thread Forum Replies Last Post
Dolichopodid from 18.04.24 --> Rhaphium? Diptera (adults) 4 21-04-2024 20:16
A biting male mosquito from Lebanese amber What is new? 1 07-12-2023 13:24
Which Dolichopodid with long antennae? Machaerium maritimae Diptera (adults) 3 07-07-2023 10:10
Diptera in Burmese amber Fossils 3 20-06-2023 13:28
Dolichopodid from 26.05.23 Diptera (adults) 1 02-06-2023 19:13
Date and time
23 April 2024 12:16
Login
Username

Password



Not a member yet?
Click here to register.

Forgotten your password?
Request a new one here.
Temporary email?
Due to fact this site has functionality making use of your email address, any registration using a temporary email address will be rejected.

Paul
Donate
Please, help to make
Diptera.info
possible and enable
further improvements!
Latest Articles
· Voltinism in Chaoborus
· Vitaliy Nikolaevich ...
· Mating behaviour and...
· Oviposition into the...
· African Invertebrates
Syrph the Net
Those who want to have access to the Syrph the Net database need to sign the
License Agreement -
Click to Download

Public files of Syrph the Net can be downloaded HERE

Last updated: 25.08.2011
Shoutbox
You must login to post a message.

rafael_carbonell
07.03.24 00:01
Some flies preserved in ethanol and then pinned often get the eyes sunken, how can this be avoided? Best answer: I usually keep alcohol-collected material in alcohol

pensae
17.08.23 15:23
Aneomochtherus

pjt
17.08.23 13:54
Tony, I HAD a blank in the file name. Sorry!

pjt
17.08.23 13:44
Tony, thanks! I tried it (see "Cylindromyia" Wink but don't see the image in the post.

Tony Irwin
17.08.23 11:37
pjt - just send the post and attached image. Do not preview thread, as this will lose the link to the image,

pjt
16.08.23 08:37
Tried to attach an image to a forum post. jpg, 32kB, 72dpi, no blanks, ... File name is correctly displayed, but when I click "Preview Thread" it just vanishes. Help!

Gordon
23.02.23 21:29
Has anyone used the Leica DM500, any comments.

Paul Beuk
27.12.22 21:10
Thanks, Jan Willem! Much appreciated. Grin

Jan Willem
19.12.22 11:33
Thanks Paul for your work on keeping this forum available! Just made a donation via PayPal.

Zeegers
09.10.22 17:07
Yes, dipterologists from far abroad, please buy your copy at veldshop. Stamps will be expensive, but he, the book is unreasonably cheap Smile

Render time: 0.53 seconds | 191,462,894 unique visits