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Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 18-09-2006 01:17

Hi

taken on 17th September 2006 in V?lega - PORTUGAL to Lauxaniidae ?
I thought in Tephritidae fly but not sure...

Posted by Jan Willem on 18-09-2006 07:31

Hi Jorge,

Neither Tephritidae nor Lauxaniidae. This fly belongs to the family Opomyzidae. It is a specimen of the genus Geomyza. It is difficult to be sure about which species it is. I know that Geomyza tripunctata often has a rather reddish thorax in southern Europe, so that might be a candidate, but it could also be Geomyza narthsukae. The genitalia should be studied for a positive identification.

Jan Willem

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 18-09-2006 18:57

Last week Black, this week Jorge, you destroy my monopolic position in Opomyzidae!
Jorge, give me, please, information where did you find this fly,Portugal and Turkey (where I'll be next week) same south, same aroud-Mediterranian countries.
Nikita

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 18-09-2006 20:19

Nikita Vikhrev wrote:
Last week Black, this week Jorge, you destroy my monopolic position in Opomyzidae!
Jorge, give me, please, information where did you find this fly,Portugal and Turkey (where I'll be next week) same south, same aroud-Mediterranian countries.
Nikita

:)) :D

I found this fly here in V?lega. I will show you 2 links of google.maps.es

http://tinyurl.co... - find first V?lega (near center - more to right) and then "Rocadas de Vilarinho" - it was there where I found the fly. It is about 35 km South of Oporto. Zoom out and you will find Oporto very near to North ;)

More precisely I found Opomyzidae fly in this zone: http://tinyurl.co... :) (satellite image)

B)

Jorge

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 18-09-2006 21:09

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 18-09-2006 21:10

Not a map I meaned, Jorge!
Was it pasture? Was it place with dry or green grass? Was it near water source? Was the grass long or cut? Please.
Nikita

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 18-09-2006 21:28

Nikita Vikhrev wrote:
Not a map I meaned, Jorge!
Was it pasture? Was it place with dry or green grass? Was it near water source? Was the grass long or cut? Please.
Nikita

I suppose that you wanted location. :) But, here goes the info you really want: ;)
Medium-size (height in the same level of knees) and long plant. The leaves where I found the fly were Allium sp (it grew up spontaneously). Sea about 5 km - so wet climate. The local is very sunny and sometimes very windy. Very near and around there are thousands of Zea mays (in this moment it could reach about 2-3 m). Does it help? If you want more info, let me know!

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 18-09-2006 21:31