Thread subject: Diptera.info :: acalypterate fly >>> Typhamyza bifasciata
Posted by philporter on 18-10-2011 17:00
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Would anyone like to suggest a family for this small (3mm) fly which looks pretty distinctive?
Edited by philporter on 20-10-2011 21:22
Posted by philporter on 18-10-2011 17:00
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Posted by philporter on 18-10-2011 17:01
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Posted by philporter on 18-10-2011 17:01
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Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 18-10-2011 17:30
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Anthomyzidae, looks like
Typhamyza bifasciata in the gallery.
Posted by philporter on 19-10-2011 09:28
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Thank you very much Stephane.
Posted by Jan Willem on 19-10-2011 11:30
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It doesn't only look like
Typhamyza bifasciata, IT IS.
Very nice small fly, isn't it? Did you collect it in a
Typha stand?
Posted by philporter on 20-10-2011 21:14
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Hello Jan,
There is a great deal of Typha in the gravel-pit site at Lincoln in the English east Midlands where it was collected. I have some volunteers who collect for me and this means that I don't always have the exact site of collection.There are some records on the National Biodiversity Gateway website from about thirty miles away but not from Lincolnshire so there is the possibility that it might be new from my county.
Regards
Phil Porter