Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fighting flies: Clusiidae? (20.05.09) --> Chymomyza (Drosophilidae)
Posted by Juergen Peters on 24-05-2009 01:48
#1
Hello!
I found many of these small (2.5-3 mm) flies on a pile of beech wood in the forest last Wednesday (northwest Germany). I have seen the rivalling Clusiids in the gallery, but these don't match any of them. So I am not even sure, into which family to put them? Can anybody help me? Thanks!
Edited by Juergen Peters on 24-05-2009 21:20
Posted by Juergen Peters on 24-05-2009 01:49
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Pic #2
Posted by Juergen Peters on 24-05-2009 01:49
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Pic #3
Posted by Paul Beuk on 24-05-2009 08:19
#4
Chymomyza, Drosophilidae
Posted by Juergen Peters on 24-05-2009 21:19
#5
Hello, Paul!
Paul Beuk wrote:
Chymomyza, Drosophilidae
Oh, that's interesting, thanks! They reminded me spontaneously of the rivaling and "dancing"
Drosophilas here at my fruit baits, but were much more slender.
Edited by Juergen Peters on 24-05-2009 21:19
Posted by Jan Willem on 25-05-2009 21:44
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Should be either
C. distincta or
C. fuscimana. Larvae of both species have been found under the bark of beeches.
Edited by Jan Willem on 25-05-2009 21:46
Posted by Paul Beuk on 26-05-2009 08:37
#7
As far as I can access this should be
fuscimana.
Posted by Jan Willem on 26-05-2009 15:02
#8
Paul wrote:
As far as I can access this should be fuscimana.
I thought
C. distincta and
C. fuscimana could only be identified by studying the genitalia.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 26-05-2009 15:44
#9
In the material I have seen the costal cell in
C. fuscimana is clear, in
distincta it is darkened...
Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-05-2009 17:55
#10
Hello, Jan Willem and Paul!
Jan Willem wrote:
Should be either C. distincta or C. fuscimana. Larvae of both species have been found under the bark of beeches.
Many thanks for your detailed replies. Beeches and beech wood we have enough here... ;)