Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Baltic amber and fly
Posted by picotverd on 27-01-2010 21:48
#1
I could not resist to buy it!! Any idea??
Posted by Paul Beuk on 27-01-2010 21:49
#2
Dolichopodidae
Posted by picotverd on 27-01-2010 21:49
#3
another photo from the other side:
it looks like that up there somethinelse?
Posted by Larry Shone on 09-05-2010 14:21
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Fantastic, fossils too on here!!
I'd so love to find one of these!!
Posted by Paul Beuk on 09-05-2010 20:00
#5
Try searching ebay...
Posted by Larry Shone on 09-05-2010 20:17
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Paul Beuk wrote:
Try searching ebay...
Oh I'd much rather find one for myself, that would be amazing. ebay woud be cool but nothing could beat finding your own.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 09-05-2010 23:26
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Visit the Baltic coasts, then...
Posted by cavex on 06-07-2010 11:25
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Fossil Diptera in Baltic amber can be surprising, even diopsids occur, as Prosphyracephala kerneggeri on the picture. Is anybody interested in Diptera from Madagascar copal?
Edited by cavex on 06-07-2010 11:27
Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-07-2010 11:44
#9
To identify them here in the forum? Sure.
Posted by cavex on 07-07-2010 02:11
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I have pictures of a fossil Prosphyracephale (Diopsid) abdomen, would it be possible to determine wether this is a male or female? I seem to be unable to upload pictures on the forum, even a 48k JPg picture is not made visible. What am I doing wrong?
Posted by Paul Beuk on 07-07-2010 08:56
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You probably have a space in the file name. These are not allowed.
Posted by cavex on 08-07-2010 11:35
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Thanks Paul! I try to add the picture here again without space in the filename, it is in .jpg format and 46,7 kB.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 08-07-2010 19:17
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Can you enlarge the tip of the abdomen? I think female, but cannot be certain.
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 08-07-2010 20:15
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Dolis are the most abundant along with sciarids and empidids (s. lat.) in that sort of amber. We have hundredzzz...
Posted by cavex on 08-07-2010 21:12
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Paul, here are some more pictures of the tip of the abdomen of the Prosphyracephala kerneggeri. I am not familiar with Diopsid abdomens, but I see no valves and my first guess was female too. Hope you can confirm.
Posted by cavex on 08-07-2010 21:14
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Prosphyracephala kerneggeri, abdomen tip: male or female?
Posted by cavex on 08-07-2010 21:18
#17
Dorsal view is not very helpfull, the wings are covering the tip. I tried photographing from the front.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 08-07-2010 21:49
#18
Still think female, too.
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 08-07-2010 22:13
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cavex wrote:
Fossil Diptera in Baltic amber can be surprising, even diopsids occur, as Prosphyracephala kerneggeri on the picture. Is anybody interested in Diptera from Madagascar copal?
Mean to buy or just ID?
Posted by cavex on 09-07-2010 01:11
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to Valery: just to identify, I leave the selling/buying to eBay. to Paul: it's very interesting that this specimen is probably a female, the eyes are widely separated and P. kerneggery was suspected earlyer by some authors to be the male of Prosphyracephala succini, a species that has shorter and thicker stalks. P. kerneggeri is however described as a separate species and this specimen might show that the stalk length is longer in females too. I add a frontal picture of the fossil here. I'm making a reconstruction of the wing venation now.