Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Male Anthomyiidae 2

Posted by Roger Thomason on 08-05-2010 22:09
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Another from my garden the other day...size approx. 4mm.

Posted by Roger Thomason on 08-05-2010 22:10
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Posted by Roger Thomason on 08-05-2010 22:10
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Posted by Roger Thomason on 08-05-2010 22:11
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Posted by javanerkelens on 08-05-2010 22:47
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Acrostichals broad with hairs between + lower calypter beyond upper one + 1 av on hindtibia and 1 av on midtibia.....and mouth protruding..?
Unsurtain Paregle audacula ......(was Paregle radicum) and looks also very simular to Pegoplata aestiva...

Joke :)

Posted by Roger Thomason on 08-05-2010 23:21
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Hi Joke
That didn't take long :)..thought you were going to be away studying etc. :o.
Anyway...Looked through some old threads and this does seem to be P.audacula as in this ..http://www.dipter...d_id=15007 which has a yellow frons...but this one....http://www.dipter...d_id=27351 has a black frons. Are they variable in this respect?

Regards Roger

Posted by javanerkelens on 09-05-2010 14:33
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That didn't take long ..thought you were going to be away studying etc. .

I was far behind with my study....but now I am back to the normal level of being behind..:D
But after the weekend i will be quiet again...so don't worry!
(Have still more to do...B) )
And about the red frontal vitta.....i think is has to do with the fly being fresh!
Probable it will turn to black after a while !!
And indeed the notopleuron is haired also.....so it can be a surtain P.audacula....

Joke

Posted by Roger Thomason on 10-05-2010 05:09
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Hi Joke...(assuming you aren't up to the oxters in studying), thanks for the confirmation on this previously unrecorded (in Shetland) fly....:)


Regards Roger

Probable that we all turn black after a while....:S