Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Mydidae - Leptomydas from Corse
Posted by Vince on 03-09-2007 18:04
#1
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 :|
Thx alot !
Edited by Vince on 08-09-2007 23:42
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 03-09-2007 18:22
#2
super lucky you!! I trying to find this fly in beaches... and I never spotted this one. :(
Posted by crex on 03-09-2007 18:40
#3
Four genera and seven species of Mydidae in Europe, but which ones? Fauna Europaea is unreachable ...
Posted by Vince on 03-09-2007 18:48
#4
I dont know if there are other species than
L. corsicus in Corse and FE is indeed not working right now :|
Posted by Paul Beuk on 07-09-2007 16:54
#5
Could you fix the link to the first picture?
Posted by Vince on 08-09-2007 23:43
#6
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
Posted by crex on 09-09-2007 08:32
#7
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 ...
Posted by Vince on 09-09-2007 10:34
#8
Thanks for this ! Is there a key for these 5 species somewhere ?
Im sure that the 2 pictures are enough to find the species.
Posted by crex on 09-09-2007 10:43
#9
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.
Edited by crex on 09-09-2007 10:45
Posted by Vince on 09-09-2007 20:52
#10
Thanks for the link; actually Im not even sure that its a Leptomydas :@
Posted by Torsten Dikow on 17-06-2009 19:37
#11
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
Posted by Vince on 08-07-2009 16:23
#12
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
