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 Small black flies #1: Lonchaeidae?
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 10-09-2007 18:44
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14067 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello! This one visited the UV light yesterday night (Ostwestfalen/Germany). Length about 4 mm. Is it Lonchaeidae? Thanks! Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [21.97Kb] Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 10-09-2007 18:44
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14067 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Another pic.
Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [25.61Kb] Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 10-09-2007 18:45
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14067 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Portrait.
Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [20.88Kb] Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Iain MacGowan |
Posted on 12-09-2007 09:40
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 Member Location: Perth, Scotland Posts: 453 Joined: 25.11.04 |
Hi Juergen you are quite correct, this is a classic female Lonchaea spp., broad shining thorax with few strong setae, all black apart from yellow basal tarsomeres, antennal flagellomere 2.5 x long as deep, females have this very braod frons. Unfortunately they are difficult to ID to species level based on photographs alone ........ best wishes ... Iain Iain MacGowan |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 12-09-2007 16:49
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14067 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Iain! Iain MacGowan wrote: you are quite correct, this is a classic female Lonchaea spp., broad shining thorax with few strong setae, all black apart from yellow basal tarsomeres, antennal flagellomere 2.5 x long as deep, females have this very braod frons. Unfortunately they are difficult to ID to species level based on photographs alone Many thanks! I've had so many small black flies here in the last days, I'm quite happy that I put this one in the correct family... 
Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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