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 Ephydridae: Discomyza sp. (Mauritius)
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| ESant |
Posted on 02-07-2024 11:16
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Member Location: L'Aquila, Italy Posts: 2264 Joined: 20.09.20 |
Hello, I photographed this fly in Balaclava, Mauritius, on April 21st 2024. In this case don't know which family it may belong to. Could you please help me to identify its genus or species from these photos? Thank you in advance, Emanuele ESant attached the following image:  [280.29Kb] Edited by ESant on 02-07-2024 17:01 |
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| ESant |
Posted on 02-07-2024 11:17
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Member Location: L'Aquila, Italy Posts: 2264 Joined: 20.09.20 |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 02-07-2024 15:01
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7342 Joined: 19.11.04 |
This is the genus Discomyza. I believe the only species recorded from Mauritius is Discomyza similis, but that species has black antennae. Your fly looks much more like D. maculipennis, but I suggest that it would be best to check a male specimen to eliminate the possibility of an undescribed species.
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| ESant |
Posted on 02-07-2024 17:00
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Member Location: L'Aquila, Italy Posts: 2264 Joined: 20.09.20 |
Thank you very much Tony! Unfortunately I didn't collect any specimens. |
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