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| Xespok |
Posted on 25-05-2006 00:12
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5550 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Another fly from low mountains of Northern Hungary.
Xespok attached the following image:  [65.85Kb] Edited by Xespok on 25-05-2006 12:21 |
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| Louis Boumans |
Posted on 25-05-2006 00:42
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Member Location: NO Oslo Posts: 262 Joined: 09.06.04 |
Nice stout legs! I thinks this belongs to Sphaeroceridae. |
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| Robert Nash |
Posted on 25-05-2006 10:32
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Member Location: Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland Posts: 288 Joined: 11.11.05 |
Correct Louis It is a Sphaerocerid. Note the spur at the end of the hind tibia and the large,wide metatarsus.I will try for a genus next.It looks familiar.Robert |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 25-05-2006 12:18
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Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5550 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Sphaeroceridae was my guess too, but this family seems to be relatively scarce in Japan, so I had no experience. Some recent threads with apterous flies show very similar flies, the wings in this species also seem to be somewhat short. |
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| Robert Nash |
Posted on 25-05-2006 18:05
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Member Location: Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland Posts: 288 Joined: 11.11.05 |
Xespok Hence the big legs. They aren't great on the wing. Interesting about Japan Robert PS. There is a pic in the gallery and more info on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphaeroceridae Robert
Edited by Robert Nash on 25-05-2006 18:05 |
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