Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Long-legged fly from Hong Kong: Chrysosoma sp.?

Posted by chickenold on 12-01-2009 16:29
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Photo taken by my friend
A silly question: will there be variations in compound eye colour (e.g. red and green) for the same species of dolichopodid?
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Posted by Paul Beuk on 12-01-2009 16:37
#2
Sybistroma?

And I think most differences will be due to lighting.

Posted by chickenold on 12-01-2009 16:44
#3
Paul Beuk wrote:
Sybistroma?

And I think most differences will be due to lighting.


Thanks Paul again...
May I ask what's the key morphological difference between Chrysosoma and Sybistroma?
Edited by chickenold on 12-01-2009 17:13

Posted by Stefan Naglis on 12-01-2009 17:04
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Sybistroma belongs to Dolichopodinae. Chrysosoma belongs to Sciapodinae. It is a Sciopodine sp. and could be Chrysosoma or Plagiozopelma.

Stefan