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Small fly with "mantis arms": Chelifera? (09.10.16) --> Chelifera sp. (f)
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Juergen Peters |
Posted on 09-10-2016 22:07
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13911 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, I found this 4 mm fly this afternoon in the low vegetation near a small creek (northwest Germany). It was running around slowly on a Cirsium oleraceum leaf, sometimes spreading its wings without showing any intention to fly. At first I thought of Hybotidae, but found no match in the gallery. So it had to be Empididae, and it seems to be a Chelifera female. If I read it correctly, there is no possibility to get an ID to species level after these photos? I first had hoped it, because I never saw such a fly before, and it looked so extraordinary... Juergen Peters attached the following image: [80.92Kb] Edited by Juergen Peters on 12-10-2016 16:59 Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
Juergen Peters |
Posted on 09-10-2016 22:07
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13911 Joined: 11.09.04 |
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Juergen Peters |
Posted on 09-10-2016 22:08
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13911 Joined: 11.09.04 |
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Juergen Peters |
Posted on 09-10-2016 22:08
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13911 Joined: 11.09.04 |
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Juergen Peters |
Posted on 09-10-2016 22:08
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13911 Joined: 11.09.04 |
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Paul Beuk |
Posted on 12-10-2016 09:33
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19365 Joined: 11.05.04 |
For species ID one usually needs males, so I pass.
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Juergen Peters |
Posted on 12-10-2016 16:58
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13911 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello Paul, Paul Beuk wrote: For species ID one usually needs males, so I pass. thank you nevertheless. Anyway, it's a cool fly... Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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