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Mydidae - Leptomydas from Corse
Vince
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Posted on 03-09-2007 18:04
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Hi to all,

This big and beautiful Leptomydas was found on the 23rd of August near Propriano in Corse (the French island).

It was about 25-26mm.

Is it possible to find the name of this species ? I don't have any information to do it Frown

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos24/big/leptomydas2.jpg

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos24/big/img_6118_diptero.jpg

Thx alot !
Edited by Vince on 08-09-2007 23:42
 
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super lucky you!! I trying to find this fly in beaches... and I never spotted this one. Sad

 
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Four genera and seven species of Mydidae in Europe, but which ones? Fauna Europaea is unreachable ...
 
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I dont know if there are other species than L. corsicus in Corse and FE is indeed not working right now Frown
 
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Could you fix the link to the first picture?
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Yup sorry I put a bigger picture and forgot to change the link, now its done.

Click on pictures to see real size.
Edited by Vince on 08-09-2007 23:43
 
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crex wrote:
Four genera and seven species of Mydidae in Europe, but which ones? Fauna Europaea is unreachable ...


Subfamily Leptomydinae
Leptomydas corsicanus, Bequaert 1961
Leptomydas lusitanicus (Wiedemann in Meigen 1820)
Leptomydas rufipes (Westwood 1841)
Leptomydas sardous (Costa 1884)

Subfamily Syllegomydinae
Hispanomydas hispanicus, Arias 1914

Fauna Europaea Experts:
Dr Thomas Pape, group coordinator
Dr David J. Greathead, taxonomic specialist
N.L. Evenhuis, associate specialist

Curiosity - Gauromydas heros (Perty 1833) is believed to be the largest known Diptera. It lives in Brazil and it can be as large as 60 mm.

I haven't found the other two supposed european Mydidae genera/species ...
 
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Thanks for this ! Is there a key for these 5 species somewhere ?
Im sure that the 2 pictures are enough to find the species.
 
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There are more species than L. corsicus in Corse if I understand it correctly from literature list. About Mydidae literature see - Torsten Dikow's site.
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Thanks for the link; actually Im not even sure that its a Leptomydas Angry
 
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Hi Vince,

I have just joined Diptera.info so that my reply comes two years too late ... The specimen from Corsica is a Leptomydas species, but there are three knwon from the island. L. corsicanus (described by Bequaert 1961), L. lusitanicus (listed by Seguy 1926), and L. sardous (listed by Tomasovic 2002) (for literature records see http://www.mydidae.tdvia.de/biblio.html ). Do you still have the specimen? If so, I could examine it.

Could I post the image on the Apioceridae and Mydidae web-site I am hosting? www.mydidae.tdvia.de/pictures_movies.html

Thanks, Torsten
 
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Hello,

Thanks for this answer. I didn't collect the specimen so I guess we'll never reach the species level. You can use the pictures for your website.

Vince
 
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