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 silvery Hilara albitarsis
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| Sundew |
Posted on 04-05-2014 23:14
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Hi, In a large wood in southern Brandenburg there are wet places where the wild boars use to wallow. In the beginning of October I saw many silvery female flies drinking on the wet soil, and they looked like Empidids. Some males were also present that were much darker, and I do not know whether they belonged to the same species or not. Here I show some pictures of the females and would really like to know who they are. Thanks for any help, Sundew Sundew attached the following image:  [192.53Kb] Edited by Sundew on 14-05-2014 22:29 |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 04-05-2014 23:14
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
More pics from another year.
Sundew attached the following image:  [142.87Kb] |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 05-05-2014 12:44
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| Sundew |
Posted on 05-05-2014 19:04
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Thanks for the genus! So perhaps Hilara galactoptera? (There are similar photos in the internet - if reliable?) As I saw them only on the margin of the wet wallows, the ecology might be peculiar... |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 07-05-2014 05:40
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Perhaps Paul knows a bit more? |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 07-05-2014 08:35
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I know there are a few whitish ones but do not have my books with me to check.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| igor |
Posted on 14-05-2014 19:54
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Hilara albitarsis von Roser, 1840 (female) You noted males of this species. Igor Edited by igor on 14-05-2014 20:21 |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 14-05-2014 21:48
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
I appreciate your help, dear Igor! Well, there are no good photos of males. I concentrated on the many silvery females, as they seemed to belong to the same species. The males were few, and they looked dark, so I thought of something different and hardly IDable. The following pic shows two photos of the same dark male; the lowermost grey one is quite blurred and seems to be a male, too, but greyer than the upper. The wet soil attracted so many flies that were not necessarily closely related; the silvery females, however, seemed visibly in the majority. Sundew attached the following image:  [192.88Kb] |
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| igor |
Posted on 14-05-2014 22:04
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Dear Sundew, The upper and middle pics are Microphor holosericeus (Meigen, 1804). The lowermost is Hilara male. All the best, Igor |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 14-05-2014 22:28
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Igor, you amaze me! What you look out of my bad pics is really great. Thank you so much! |
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