Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sinai. Chloropidae 2?
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 11-02-2006 21:37
#1
2-3 mm, on the sand near the beach.
If it is Chloropidae, than with enlarged f1 with strong spines it have to be Chaetoscelis?
In Russia there is only Ch. russica with stonr "grey dust". Than another species?
Posted by Paul Beuk on 13-02-2006 08:06
#2
Yes, this a chloropid. Perhaps the fact that the two scutellar setae are set on small tubercles can help to but a more precise name on it.
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 13-02-2006 09:48
#3
Hi there,
Nice finds! So do you proceed with pinning the critters? What's the weather like?
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 13-02-2006 20:12
#4
1. Thank you Paul. Could you glance a look pn another one. Making image I thought that in is the same (Chaetoscelis?), but than discover that probably another species. Same size 2,5mm, on fresh camel excrements.
2. Hi Dima. Not hot, at night even cold. And much more dry than in Sahara, even no morning condensation. See you Friday.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 16-03-2006 15:38
#5
The upper one finaly ID by Marina Krivosheina as Chlorichaeta tuberculosa, Ephydridae.