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Gampsocera numerata?
Dmitry Gavryushin	#1 Posted on 10-10-2006 15:16
Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3308 Joined: 17.10.05	07.10.2006, found dead on a doorway's window in my block of flats (some of my neighbours pick tons of mushrooms, so that may be the source). Size around 2.5mm. Dmitry Gavryushin attached the following image: [113.1Kb]


Nikita Vikhrev	#2 Posted on 10-10-2006 15:47
Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9338 Joined: 24.05.05	I was always jelous of your balcony and windows. Nice fly. Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University


Kahis	#3 Posted on 10-10-2006 16:52
Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04	Gampsocera numerata (Chloropidae). I have not been this one before but the spotted wings are pretty much unique in the family. Kahis


Dmitry Gavryushin	#4 Posted on 10-10-2006 17:29
Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3308 Joined: 17.10.05	Many thanks Nikita and Jere - yes, the spotted wings that's what I searched in the key and what helped to make my guess. Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 10-10-2006 17:29


Paul Beuk	#5 Posted on 10-10-2006 20:18
Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19365 Joined: 11.05.04	For about the first 18-20 months this species was in this site's banner... Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info


crex	#6 Posted on 10-10-2006 20:37
Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06	Paul Beuk wrote: For about the first 18-20 months this species was in this site's banner... ... and now you have a fish!?


Paul Beuk	#7 Posted on 10-10-2006 21:12
Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19365 Joined: 11.05.04	Almost..., it is Phalacrotophora. Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info


Dmitry Gavryushin	#8 Posted on 12-10-2006 14:21
Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3308 Joined: 17.10.05	Well today I was lucky enough to find a live specimen (exactly on the same window !) Dmitry Gavryushin attached the following image: [167.38Kb]