Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Dolichopodid for ID, C Spain--> Medetera flavipes
Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 14-08-2011 20:20
#1
This is probably the tyniest Dolichopolid I ever dared to photograph. Probably 2-3 mm long. There were swarms of them sitting on a tree bark. The first view is the best I could get for a general view with my compart. A miracle considering the size of the creature.
Taken in a little woodland by a marsh in C Spain on the 7th August 2011.
Edited by Piluca_Alvarez on 24-08-2011 18:28
Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 14-08-2011 20:21
#2
A croser view taken with a macro lense. Not the same specimen than the previous picture but it was part of the swarm of them.
Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 14-08-2011 20:22
#3
Another picture, just in case it provides more information.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 14-08-2011 20:24
#4
Medetera sp.
Posted by Igor Grichanov on 15-08-2011 07:18
#5
Medetera flavipes Meigen, 1824, mass species in Mediterraneans (sister species are very rare)
Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 15-08-2011 13:46
#6
Thanks a million to you both, Paul and Igor!! This is much more than I expected! Glad I took the effort to struggle to get some pictures.
And Igor, certainly, very common. No chance it is one of the rarest species ;)