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 Diptera (adult) Melanostoma scalare
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| gbohne |
Posted on 05-12-2017 09:50
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Member Location: FR-Germany, Kassel Posts: 98 Joined: 20.03.11 |
Central Germany, 180m asl., 21st May I think it could be Anthomyzidae? Thank you for your time! -guido gbohne attached the following image:  [242.62Kb] Edited by gbohne on 07-01-2018 18:39 Guido Bohne |
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| johnes81 |
Posted on 05-12-2017 10:12
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 Member Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 1980 Joined: 15.10.16 |
Syrphidae - Melanostoma sp. I think the green haltere are characteristic of this genus but I haven't met all of the syrphids yet. I think that Melanostoma is correct. John and Nini. Naturalists not experts. |
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| gbohne |
Posted on 05-12-2017 10:51
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Member Location: FR-Germany, Kassel Posts: 98 Joined: 20.03.11 |
Wow... I've never thought of Syrphidae! Thank you very much indeed! -guido Guido Bohne |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 05-12-2017 11:30
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
johnes81 wrote: If you check the Gallery, you will notice that most have 'ordinairy' yellow halters. I have long suspected that the green halters are a first indication of infection with Entomopthora.
Syrphidae - Melanostoma sp. I think the green haltere are characteristic of this genus but I haven't met all of the syrphids yet. Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| gbohne |
Posted on 05-12-2017 11:35
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Member Location: FR-Germany, Kassel Posts: 98 Joined: 20.03.11 |
That is interesting! As this female seems t be about oviposition, do you think the offspring is going to be affected by this fungi? -guido Guido Bohne |
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| johnes81 |
Posted on 05-12-2017 11:41
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Member Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 1980 Joined: 15.10.16 |
Paul Beuk wrote: If you check the Gallery, you will notice that most have 'ordinairy' yellow halters. I have long suspected that the green halters are a first indication of infection with Entomopthora. very interesting, Paul. I actually have a specimen with green haltere but I have yet to examine it. I will look for spores or signs of infection. I didn't know that the haltere are normally yellow. I am very interested in this subject. Thank you for posting, Paul. Fantastic info here 
John and Nini. Naturalists not experts. |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 05-12-2017 17:05
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14354 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, I read some time ago (unfortunately I don't know where anymore). that the halteres tend to become green on mature females when eggs are being developed. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| gbohne |
Posted on 06-12-2017 20:18
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Member Location: FR-Germany, Kassel Posts: 98 Joined: 20.03.11 |
Thank you all very much for IDing. I enjoyed this fruitful discussion. I'll have an eye on green halteres oviposition and fungi-infestations. :-) Best regards, -guido Guido Bohne |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 06-12-2017 21:40
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
This is Melanostoma scalare.
Stephane. |
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| johnes81 |
Posted on 07-12-2017 23:01
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Member Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 1980 Joined: 15.10.16 |
Thanks for a species id, Stephane
John and Nini. Naturalists not experts. |
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| Robert Zoralski |
Posted on 01-01-2018 19:58
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Member Location: Gdansk, Poland Posts: 173 Joined: 20.08.06 |
I've seen so green halteres of Melanostoma scalare only in case of two specimens catched toegether (in one place) in USA (Seattle region) very early spring. I thought it is geo-related. I see that from Europe for the first time. |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 02-01-2018 01:13
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14354 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello Robert, Robert Zoralski wrote: I've seen so green halteres of Melanostoma scalare only in case of two specimens catched toegether (in one place) in USA (Seattle region) very early spring. I thought it is geo-related. I see that from Europe for the first time. here in northwest Germany I often saw/see M. scalare with green halteres over years now. In the beginning I thought it was a difference from M. mellinum. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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