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| picotverd |
Posted on 27-01-2010 20:48
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I could not resist to buy it!! Any idea??
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 27-01-2010 20:49
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Dolichopodidae
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| picotverd |
Posted on 27-01-2010 20:49
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another photo from the other side: it looks like that up there somethinelse? picotverd attached the following image:  [148.94Kb] |
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| Larry Shone |
Posted on 09-05-2010 13:21
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Fantastic, fossils too on here!! I'd so love to find one of these!! |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 09-05-2010 19:00
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Try searching ebay...
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| Larry Shone |
Posted on 09-05-2010 19:17
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Paul Beuk wrote: Try searching ebay... Oh I'd much rather find one for myself, that would be amazing. ebay woud be cool but nothing could beat finding your own. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 09-05-2010 22:26
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Visit the Baltic coasts, then...
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| cavex |
Posted on 06-07-2010 10:25
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Fossil Diptera in Baltic amber can be surprising, even diopsids occur, as Prosphyracephala kerneggeri on the picture. Is anybody interested in Diptera from Madagascar copal?
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 06-07-2010 10:44
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To identify them here in the forum? Sure.
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| cavex |
Posted on 07-07-2010 01:11
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I have pictures of a fossil Prosphyracephale (Diopsid) abdomen, would it be possible to determine wether this is a male or female? I seem to be unable to upload pictures on the forum, even a 48k JPg picture is not made visible. What am I doing wrong? |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 07-07-2010 07:56
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You probably have a space in the file name. These are not allowed.
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| cavex |
Posted on 08-07-2010 10:35
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Thanks Paul! I try to add the picture here again without space in the filename, it is in .jpg format and 46,7 kB.
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 08-07-2010 18:17
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Can you enlarge the tip of the abdomen? I think female, but cannot be certain.
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 08-07-2010 19:15
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Dolis are the most abundant along with sciarids and empidids (s. lat.) in that sort of amber. We have hundredzzz...
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| cavex |
Posted on 08-07-2010 20:12
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Paul, here are some more pictures of the tip of the abdomen of the Prosphyracephala kerneggeri. I am not familiar with Diopsid abdomens, but I see no valves and my first guess was female too. Hope you can confirm.
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| cavex |
Posted on 08-07-2010 20:14
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Prosphyracephala kerneggeri, abdomen tip: male or female? |
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| cavex |
Posted on 08-07-2010 20:18
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Dorsal view is not very helpfull, the wings are covering the tip. I tried photographing from the front.
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 08-07-2010 20:49
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Still think female, too.
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 08-07-2010 21:13
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cavex wrote: Fossil Diptera in Baltic amber can be surprising, even diopsids occur, as Prosphyracephala kerneggeri on the picture. Is anybody interested in Diptera from Madagascar copal? Mean to buy or just ID? Val |
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| cavex |
Posted on 09-07-2010 00:11
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to Valery: just to identify, I leave the selling/buying to eBay. to Paul: it's very interesting that this specimen is probably a female, the eyes are widely separated and P. kerneggery was suspected earlyer by some authors to be the male of Prosphyracephala succini, a species that has shorter and thicker stalks. P. kerneggeri is however described as a separate species and this specimen might show that the stalk length is longer in females too. I add a frontal picture of the fossil here. I'm making a reconstruction of the wing venation now.
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