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 Mycetophilidae - Neoempheria cf. striata / proxima
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-10-2007 11:45
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Hi * locality - Silgueiros - Viseu - PORTUGAL * date - 2007.10.08 * size - 7 mm (medium fly) * habitat - indoors * substrate - on computer.  When I was seeing diptera.info I had a visit of this beautiful Mycetophilid. EDIT---> Title changed from "Mycetophilidae..." to "Mycetophilidae - Neoempheria sp." then to "Mycetophilidae - Neoempheria cf. striata" and then to "Mycetophilidae - Neoempheria cf. striata / proxima" jorgemotalmeida attached the following image:  [161.27Kb] Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 09-10-2007 11:29 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-10-2007 11:50
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
another..
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-10-2007 11:53
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
it has two spots in wings - see the right wing. (in the left wing those spots are not so clear)
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-10-2007 11:55
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
no... Keroplatidae?? |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 08-10-2007 12:00
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
A species of Neoempheria. Have to dig up my keys to see if I can identify it further.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-10-2007 12:04
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
thanks, Paul. It was quick. I'll wait for species name.  |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-10-2007 12:10
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
my first feeling was right. Typical antenna for Mycetophilidae. Usually Keroplatidae has much more thinner antennas. really vein A1 don?t reach the wing margin, so it would leave us to Mcyetophilidae.. And the typical bifurcation for M1/M2 and CuA1/CuA2 leave us to Mycetophilidae. I think in Keroplatidae there is a slight difference in bifurcation for CuA1/CuA2... right? For Myceto CuA1/CuA2 starts from the same point. For Kero those veins starts in different points. Not sure, if this can be used as thumb rule. |
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| xylo |
Posted on 09-10-2007 06:45
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Hi Jorge, nice shots... According to the key in Plassmann (1972) and the figure and description in V?is?nen (1982) my guess would be: Neoempheria striata (Meigen, 1818) so long, xylo |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 09-10-2007 09:14
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
thank you. I will put this fly in gallery very soon. |
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| David Gibbs |
Posted on 09-10-2007 09:19
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 Member Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 833 Joined: 17.06.06 |
i paraphrase comment from Peter Chandler "Neoempheria species, probably striata though proxima looks similar and genitalia need to be checked." |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 09-10-2007 11:28
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
thanks, Gibbs. And to Peter Chandler as well.
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 09-10-2007 11:29 |
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