Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Sciomizidae
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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 24-06-2007 15:33
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 Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
Can someone identify this critter? Taken today in Holland, nutrient rich grassland with man-high vegetation, unless mowed down. This one was on a coltsfoot leave close to ground level. Size approx 7 mm.
Cor Zonneveld attached the following image:  [126.41Kb] Thanks for your attention Cor Zonneveld |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 24-06-2007 17:26
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9554 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Limnia unguicornis
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 24-06-2007 19:45
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Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
Thanks Nikita. I'd also posted this on a Dutch forum, which resulted in another name, Pherbina coryleti. Can this be a synonym? If not, what makes the distinction?
Thanks for your attention Cor Zonneveld |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 24-06-2007 19:56
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9554 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Not Cor, Pherbina coryleti isn't synonym, but misID, it looks totally different. I attached image of Pherbina coryleti (also female) from Black's last year post, to compare. Nikita Soon I do force Black to put image of Pherbina coryleti in the Gallery 
Nikita Vikhrev attached the following image:  [115.61Kb] Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 24-06-2007 20:57
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Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
More thanks! I'll try to correct the suggestion...
Thanks for your attention Cor Zonneveld |
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