Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Ephydridae - Psilopa
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| Liliane D |
Posted on 17-11-2019 11:35
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Member Location: France Posts: 738 Joined: 16.08.17 |
Hello, On October 26, 2019 in the south of France on ivy. A small fly less than 5 mm long. The picture is not good but the scutellum seems to me to have a very cut-out shape that can perhaps lead to a family? Thank you for your help. Liliane D attached the following image:  [211.91Kb] Edited by Liliane D on 17-11-2019 12:55 |
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| Jan Maca |
Posted on 17-11-2019 12:09
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Member Location: Posts: 1296 Joined: 25.03.10 |
Yes, not much to be seen... Probably Calliopum. |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 17-11-2019 12:20
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9561 Joined: 24.05.05 |
I suppose some Psilopa
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Liliane D |
Posted on 17-11-2019 13:01
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Member Location: France Posts: 738 Joined: 16.08.17 |
Thank you very much Nikita, With a blurry picture it wasn't easy! On INPN, in France, there can be Psilopa nitidula, polita and roederi. I can't find any pictures of P. roederi but I see that the light color of the legs I doesn't correspond to either P. nitidula or P. polita. |
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| Jan Maca |
Posted on 17-11-2019 15:03
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Member Location: Posts: 1296 Joined: 25.03.10 |
Anyway Psilopa sp. may be a solution. I was led by the given length of animal ("less than 5 mm" , but, of course, less than 2.5 mm, which is usual length of Psilopa, is less than 5 mm as well. |
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| Liliane D |
Posted on 17-11-2019 15:28
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Member Location: France Posts: 738 Joined: 16.08.17 |
Sorry Jan, I didn't make a measurement and I only had a memory of a very small fly that was difficult to photograph  |
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