Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Pinned Clusiidae, Paraclusia tigrina
Posted by JariF on 24-09-2008 17:27
#1
Hi, this was in my malaise yesterday with Heleomyzidae specimens. Is there enough details visible to tell if my ID could be correct ? If so, I must refresh the specimen and mount the wings and legs better. September 23. 2008 Helsinki, Finland.
Jari
Edited by JariF on 25-09-2008 14:26
Posted by Jan Willem on 25-09-2008 08:07
#2
Hi Jari,
Although I have never seen
Paraclusia tigrina I would say your identification is correct. Beautiful species!
Edited by Jan Willem on 25-09-2008 08:12
Posted by Kahis on 25-09-2008 10:15
#3
Paraclusia tigrina.
It's not common in Finland, but neither a great rarity. This species is mostly found around dead and dying deciduous trees such as birch and alder, especially in dense, herb-rich forests with a high water table (coastal forests, riversides etc.). I have also taken it in the garden of my parent summer place, where it probably breeds in the dying apple trees.
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 25-09-2008 10:30
#4
I regularly meet these on rotting or partially burned trunks of deciduous trees (mostly
Tilia cordata), and a specific fungus, Fenugreek Stalkball (
Phleogena faginea), is usually present, too. Picture taken on September 3, 2008.
Posted by JariF on 25-09-2008 14:35
#5
Thank You all :) This has been very good place for my trap. Sea is very near and the whole cape is full with old and dead wood. This is the malaise where I got paganettii, amoena etc. There are still hundreds and hundres unidentified flies from there and I'm sure some nice supprises are still to come :D
Jari