Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tiny Doli 23/06/09 Achalcus sp.
Posted by Roger Thomason on 23-06-2009 22:20
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Didn't get close enough to get proper shots of this tiny Doli...is it ID'able from these shots?
EDIT; Added Achalcus sp. to heading.
Thanks to Stefan and Paul.
Edited by Roger Thomason on 24-06-2009 10:08
Posted by Roger Thomason on 23-06-2009 22:20
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Posted by Roger Thomason on 23-06-2009 22:21
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Posted by Stefan Naglis on 23-06-2009 22:49
#4
I think this is
Achalcus
Posted by Roger Thomason on 23-06-2009 23:31
#5
Stefan Naglis wrote:
I think this is Achalcus
Never heard of that one....must try to get some better photo's of it, but it's only a few mm long. Have seen it a couple of times in the same place in the garden (territorial surely), but flitting among the undergrowth which makes it very hard to get proper shots...watch this space.....
Regards Roger
Posted by Paul Beuk on 24-06-2009 07:17
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All veins are diverging towards the wing margin, hence it must be
Achalcus.
Posted by Roger Thomason on 24-06-2009 10:12
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Thanks for confirmation Paul....now all I need is a better set of photo's and
maybe I'll get to species????
New for Shetland, whatever :).
Posted by Igor Grichanov on 24-06-2009 18:10
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Why not7
Achalcus melanotrichus or Achalcus cinereus?
Posted by Roger Thomason on 24-06-2009 19:07
#9
Igor Grichanov wrote:
Why not7
Achalcus melanotrichus or Achalcus cinereus?
Thanks Igor...how do you tell the difference beween these two species? Genitalia, or would a GOOD photograph show up any deciding factors? Sat most of the day over a patch of spent Bluebells looking for it (how sad is that?). Still got a few photo's of other types of Doli's, plus the weather has been great and I am supposed to take it easy for a month anyway, what better way????
Regards Roger