Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Gymnopternus metallicus
Posted by crex on 12-11-2006 09:49
#1
This was found dead in midwest Sweden 2006-07-03. I shouldn't have placed it on a white background. The contrast got too high and the fly was small ... Well, if anything can be said - shoot :)
Edit: Subject changed (Dolichopodidae sp?)
Edited by crex on 12-11-2006 10:41
Posted by crex on 12-11-2006 09:50
#2
Another view ...
Posted by crex on 12-11-2006 09:50
#3
A third view ...
Posted by Kahis on 12-11-2006 10:21
#4
It's a female
Gymnopternus metallicus (Dolichopodidae)
Posted by crex on 12-11-2006 10:29
#5
Kahis wrote:
It's a female Gymnopternus metallicus (Dolichopodidae)
Wow, you could even put a name to it. Impressive. Thanx Jere!
Posted by Igor Grichanov on 12-11-2006 11:11
#6
Hi!
Jere, you are very spirited in ID this female. I would say 75% for metallicus. Sweden has several more close species.
Best wishes,
Igor.
Posted by Kahis on 12-11-2006 12:27
#7
Hmm. You are right, I should have compared with reference specimens. I don't think it has the costal bulge typical for
G. celer and
brevicorne. That leaves
aerosus and
metallicus (plus many species unlikely to be found in middle Sweden). It could be an unusually pale
aerosus - this species usually has clearly darkened dorsal surfaces of fore and hind tibiae, but I've seen as few specimen (among thousands) with all-yellow legs.
Posted by crex on 12-11-2006 12:51
#8
Thank you both for the attention. I just thought I should mention what I meant by midwest Sweden. It's not really halfway up, but actually W of lake V?nern (province Dalsland, and eastern part of Dalsland in ?nimskog parish).