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 Micropezidae - Micropeza lateralis
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 07-10-2007 12:15
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Hi I'm in awe with this fly. It is a such beauty. Yesterday I spotted dozens of them in Serra da Estrela (near the highest point of mailand Portugal) near the famous LAGOA COMPRIDA (Long Lagoon). It was cold, about 10 ?C. There were plenty of Sciaridae, Bibionidae, Sciomyzidae (mainly Pherbellia spp.), Lonchopteridae, Tipulidae, Limoniidae and so on. I spotted this fly on a dry plant (see the first photos maybe an Avena sp.??) and in a shrub with lots of hemipterans, and plecopterans! When I finished to take photos, and collect some Micropezid flies, I saw one micropezid run on ground and I could realized that this fly jumps a lot. Very curious behavior. I suppose this is a male. There were plenty of females around. EDIT---> Title changed from "one of the most spectacular flies I've seen - Micropezidae!  " to "Micropezidae - Micropeza sp." and then to "Micropezidae - Micropeza lateralis"
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 07-10-2007 12:15
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Posted on 07-10-2007 12:16
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Posted on 07-10-2007 12:17
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Posted on 07-10-2007 12:19
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Posted on 07-10-2007 12:19
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 07-10-2007 12:28
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Micropeza sp. ? Or M. grallatrix or M. lateralis? What do you think? |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 07-10-2007 13:02
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
Micropeza - but I do not know which species.
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 07-10-2007 13:08
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
thanks, Kahis. It would be great to know which are the characters for M. grallatrix and M. lateralis. |
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| Andrey Ozerov |
Posted on 08-10-2007 12:40
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It is Micropeza lateralis Meigen |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-10-2007 12:47
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
thank you! spasiva, Andrey. Could you provide please the key to split among the M. lateralis and M. grallatrix ? Thank you. |
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