Thread subject: Diptera.info :: ONE of the most amazing flies on the EARTH: Cephalodromia nitens Loew, 1846
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 27-07-2009 12:13
#1
Dear friends
I'm REALLY BAFFLED with this AMAZING and SPECTACULAR FLY!!!!!! I have found a new genus for Portugal. And soon I will make an article with Neal Evenhuis on this beauty! This is a Cephalodromia sp. that I saw yesterday in Serra da Estrela. This fly was almost the cause that I could broke my hand. Now it is better... but it was almost broken... the driving in montain was hard... :( But for this fly it is worthy!!!! Seee why :D I will add more photos later :D
:D :D :D :D :D
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 05-01-2010 20:43
Posted by ChrisR on 27-07-2009 12:29
#2
Congratulations on finding your new strange fly - looks like an odd kind of bird! :)
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 27-07-2009 12:49
#3
ChrisR wrote:
Congratulations on finding your new strange fly - looks like an odd kind of bird! :)
Thanks, Chris!!! This is surely a beauty! ;) And, yes, it reminds to me the same!
Now another photo...
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 27-07-2009 12:59
#4
FREAKING AMAZING!!!!
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 27-07-2009 13:04
#5
ah.. I forgot to tell that this mythicomyiid measures 4 mm. A little bigger than the Empidideicus. :D
Posted by javanerkelens on 27-07-2009 14:04
#6
Indeed nice fly ! ...congratulations!
Joke :)
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 27-07-2009 17:22
#7
thanks, Joke! I will add more photos yet! ;)
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 27-07-2009 18:01
#8
also see the header of DI... it is precisely the same genus. ;)
That fly of the header was taken by Javier Gállego (javig here). :)
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 28-07-2009 00:56
#9
I have news. This could be a C. cf. nitens but we must wait for more data. :)
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 29-07-2009 00:35
#10
first photo of the new series.... the other will come later with some details described and with some habitat photos.
I suggest you see it bigger here:
http://www.flickr...5/sizes/o/
Enjoy!
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 29-07-2009 12:24
#11
well I will show you the other NEW photos. But I will show the best one for the final :D
Here the first photos:
and the copula (female at the right)
and for the last photo....
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 29-07-2009 12:26
#12
this should be seen in BIG SIZE.
HERE --->
http://www.flickr...2/sizes/o/ then press F11 for full screen. ;) Better seen in big monitors.. (over 20")
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 05-01-2010 21:28
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 30-07-2009 21:14
#13
this is a photo near from the habitat of this Cephalodromia cf. nitens.
Taken with the bridge camera.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 30-07-2009 21:23
#14
this shows the place where I spotted the first Cephalodromia.
Photo taken with the bridge camera.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 30-07-2009 23:16
#15
Well, today, myself and Andrade went to the Serra da Estrela and did manage to see about 50 Cephalodromia or so... Also Andrade made some videos that he will show us here. ;)
Now, I would like to see Platypygus and Glabellula :D
Posted by pwalter on 30-07-2009 23:28
#16
You're lucky, here in Hungrary there's only Apolysis szappanosi, and that is also so rare, that it was only recently discovered and named.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 30-07-2009 23:36
#17
Apolysis is a bombyliid. Not a mythico... but it is spectacular as well! ;)
The antenna of Apolysis has a subapical sulcus in the last segment! :|
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 30-07-2009 23:37
Posted by conopid on 03-08-2009 08:10
#19
Just fantastic! Good work Jorge.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 03-08-2009 16:45
#20
thanks, Nigel.
Today I went to the same place... and found many Cephalodromia. This time almost I got one photo with Cephalodromia flying... I will show that photo in the last post. ;)
Now I will show some new photos I took today.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 03-08-2009 16:46
#21
another... a male spying...
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 03-08-2009 16:48
#22
a bunch of Cephalodromia... crap photo.. just for showing the number of Cephalodromia we can see in Asteraceae flowers.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 03-08-2009 16:49
#23
the relative size flower - Cephalodromia...
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 03-08-2009 16:50
#24
a curious way to feed on flower...
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 03-08-2009 16:51
#25
another... this photo shows the Cephalodromia feeding on polen grains :o :o
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 03-08-2009 16:52
#26
AND FINALLY A Cephalodromia flying at background :D Now it just lacks one photo showing perfectly the flight, but it is rather hard. :)
ENJOY!
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 03-08-2009 17:11
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 05-01-2010 20:38
#27
Finally confirmed by Evenhuis as a true Cephalodromia nitens.
The javig's Cephalodromia is very probable to be another nitens.
Posted by nielsyese on 05-01-2010 20:50
#28
Beautiful series!:)