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Unknown --> Paraplatypeza atra or P. bicincta
gertvanheghe
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http://waarneming.../108645710

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Gert
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A male of Platypezidae, and I have a guess: Agathomyia antennata. In the first pic I think I see a long basoventral seta on the first tarsomere of the middle leg, which points to this species. However, this is in no case an absolutely certain identification!
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Thank you, Sundew.
Just curious, but doesn't it also look a lot like Paraplatypeza atra?
Best regards,
Gert
 
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Now we have a second guess! The pictures do not show the details clearly. Paraplatypeza and Agathomyia differ in wing venation. So do the wings of your fly look like these: http://www.dipter...d_id=52086 or these: http://www.dipter...d_id=22116? Is there a tuft of bristles on the frons and grey dusting of tergite 6? It is difficult to decide... Our expert Michal Tkoc would perhaps know! I better withdraw from the discussion Frown
 
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I've added a 4th picture that hopefully shows just a little better the wing venation. Based on that, and with the 2 links that you supplied, I tend to think it is Paraplatypeza atra indeed.
 
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Agathomyia are also more slender than this.
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Thanks, Paul.
 
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Yes, this is Paraplatypeza, based on wing venation and the small tuft of setae on the frons. However, based on these images I cannot decide between P. atra and P. bicincta. The latter is not included in checklists of Belgian and Dutch platypezids, but I have recently found it on several localities in the Netherlands (sometimes together with P. atra).
 
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That's interesting! P. bicincta is on the active species list of Waarneming.nl but not on Waarnemingen.be.
Thanks for the info,
Gert
 
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