Identification of Diptera (flies, mosquitoes, etc.)

Good afternoon!A few more flies:
0057-Simferopol, 7.08.2008
0061-Simferopol, 29.09.2009
0066-Simferopol, 25.04.2009
0067-Simferopol, 21.04.2010
0081-Crimea, Predushchelnoye village, 12.07.2009
0082-Crimea, Shchelkino, Mysovoe village, 18.07.2009
0084-Simferopol, 23.05.2009
All leg.Shaporinsky V.

0057-male Myathropa florea (Syrphidae)
0061-Villa (Bombyliidae)
0066 - male Chrysotoxum cautum (Syrphidae)
0067 - seems to be a female, and the species is from the genus Syrphus (Syrphidae), 99% - ribesii, vitripennis, torvus, but several other species are possible, but this is only under binocular
0081 - Tabanidae
0082 - Bombyliidae
0084 - Otitidae (=Ulidiidae)

2-female Scaeva selenitica / dignota-unfortunately, to the species only under the binocular according to the article (unfortunately there is no possibility to make pdf)

Grisha, what can you tell from the genitals?

and another question - what are these black pellets?

Pellets are spermatozoa.

What is currently known about Laphria sibirica Lehr (1989)???
Is it true that this view to the west reaches only the Samara region (CC of the Samara region Tomsk, 2011)?? Is this photo from the Internet related to this species? Where can I read about this taxon?

Laphria sibirica is similar in appearance to Laphria flava and differs only in the genitals! So it's definitely not her in the photo.

Grisha, what can you tell from the genitals?

Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht
Has an overview of keys for Slovenia
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/18788885/Key-o...ew-of-syrphidae

Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht
Has an overview of keys for Slovenia
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/18788885/Key-o...ew-of-syrphidae

Thanks for the tip!

Grisha, what can you tell from the genitals?

Oleg, I'm sorry for the late reply. So, I made and spread the key of Dyushek and Lyaski, but the genitals of females (and these are all females now flying) do not determine the sirfid practically. There was an innovative work by Heiki Hippa (by the way, I'll also attach it, maybe you'll be interested), but everything there is quite time-consuming and, most importantly , no one used this method to watch scs. By the way, Victor (Proctos) used the Hippa method when he was working on sirfids . According to males, it is very possible, but the article by Dyushek and Lyaski, although there are differences in the structure of the aedeagus in these two species, does not illustrate the variability, and it is very powerful in the Scaeva-Eupeodes group... Pellets are really spermatechs. At the level of morphology of sclerites and the form of spermatectomy, Borisova worked in the 1980s (according to the method of dipterologist A.M. Lobanov), there are several publications, but this method is not suitable for specific diagnostics - everything is too monotonous.

This post was edited by Pirx - 26.01.2012 14: 51

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 Hippa_1986_Syrphidae_female_genitalia.pdf

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 Dusek___Laska_1985___Scaeva.pdf

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Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht
Has an overview of keys for Slovenia
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/18788885/Key-o...ew-of-syrphidae

I have a pdf of this (first) edition (cling). I recently bought the book itself, which is already in its second edition, but there is no scan yet:

van Veen M. P. Hoverflies of Northwest Europe. Identification keys to the Syrphidae. Second edition. — Utrecht: KNNV Publishing, 2010. — 248 pp.

The book is not without sin, but it is worthy for a start, and in English.

File/s:



 Veen__van_2004___Hoverflies_of_Northern_Europe_Identification_keys_to_the_Syrphidae.pdf

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number of downloads: 309

There was an innovative work by Heiki Hippa (by the way, I'll also attach it, maybe you'll be interested), but everything there is quite time-consuming and, most importantly , no one used this method to watch scs.

Grisha, thank you for reading and commenting. I'm kidding you a little, because I'm not really going to do surfboarding. I would like to deal with butterflies, but there is an interest in them, and it is also a pleasant way to distract from the usual entomological work. I will examine the female genitals a little. Let's see what happens.

Grisha, thank you for reading and commenting. I'm kidding you a little, because I'm not really going to do surfboarding. I would like to deal with butterflies, but there is an interest in them, and it is also a pleasant way to distract from the usual entomological work. I will examine the female genitals a little. Let's see what happens.

I think that the study of female genitalia using the hippo (nice word) method (with vulva inversion) has brilliant prospects and, by the way, NO ONE is doing this now. Especially if variability is investigated. Hippa even described a huge new species, Milesia tadzhikorum Peck, in the late 1980s & Hippa 1988 according to its own method from Central Asia, previously undiagnosed in males.

Is this not cannabis?
Photographed on May 30.

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DSC08728.JPG — (178.44к)

Is this not cannabis?
Photographed on May 30.

Still what konopida, Thecophora atra

1-babbler, Helophilus, and can you click on the side?
2,3-lion cubs Stratiomys

Side view.

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Side view.

If the middle of the face without a black stripe is assumed to be Helophilus trivittatus, I would like to get an answer from a specialist Pirx

Guys, I read the article by Lyubvina I. V. (2009) "The history of studying short-whiskered diptera () of the Middle Volga region and the Samara Bow" and was surprised to see:
..."In the Middle Volga region, the fauna of mottled flies is being studied quite actively.... and the Penza region (Richter, 1960)". This is a trick - this is the first time I've heard about it!?
I will be GRATEFUL for the article - " New to the fauna of the USSR and little-known species of mottled wings () / / Entomological Review. 1960 No. 4. pp. 893-896.

Are there any other references to the dipteran fauna in the Penza Region and province??? I am particularly interested in ktyri and horseflies.

In this regard, here is another question : what rare / interesting dipteran species should you pay SPECIAL attention to in the Volga region???

This post was edited by Penzyak - 01.02.2012 14: 44

Please help me determine



Leningrad oblast

Side view.

Like yes, similar to trivittatus.

Guys, I read the article by Lyubvina I. V. (2009) "The history of studying short-whiskered diptera () of the Middle Volga region and the Samara Bow" and was surprised to see:
..."In the Middle Volga region, the fauna of mottled flies is being studied quite actively.... and the Penza region (Richter, 1960)". This is a trick - this is the first time I've heard about it!?
I will be GRATEFUL for the article - " New to the fauna of the USSR and little-known species of mottled wings () / / Entomological Review. 1960 No. 4. pp. 893-896.

Are there any other references to the dipteran fauna in the Penza Region and province??? I am particularly interested in ktyri and horseflies.

In this regard, here is another question : what rare / interesting dipteran species should you pay SPECIAL attention to in the Volga region???

There are probably references to sirfids, but this is a whole business-you need to break the mountain of faunal work. Unfortunately, I'm just not up to it right now.
It is worth paying attention to the location and abundance of the giant ktyr (by the way, it is still not known exactly how its larvae feed), on diptera of all kinds of sands - Central Asia can float up, on xylophages and other trifles - it is almost always not studied, since everyone catches only large-sized species. Tahins are always interesting. And it is better not to catch the mottled wing (although this is also true), but to bring it out of the inflorescences of complex flowers. And it is even better to ask at the next REO congress from St. Petersburg residents, Zinovites-what is better and more interesting to do there.

Please help me determine



Leningrad Region

Komar-zvonets

I will be glad to help with the definition. Got mixed up in the training camp.
Voronezh region.

I will be glad to help with the definition. Got mixed up in the training camp.
Voronezh region.

Interesting insects you have "wormed" in the fees.
As far as I understand it, this is the lion cub Clitellaria ephippium (Fabricius, 1775)

Interesting insects you have "wormed" in the fees.
As far as I understand it, this is the lion cub Clitellaria ephippium (Fabricius, 1775)

What about a rare fly?

What about a rare fly?

As far as I understand. quite rare.
Pirx caught it for the first time last year.
I only dream

As far as I understand. quite rare.
Pirx caught it for the first time last year.
I only dream

And I dream too

Rikhter V. A. (1960)
Novye dlya fauny SSSR i maloizvestnye vidy variegatorok (D. T.) [New for the fauna of the USSR and little-known species of mottled wings (D. T.)]. 1960 No. 4. pp. 893-896.

- I got the article, but only one species is mentioned - Platyparella discoides Fabr.
Penza, May 15, 1920 (Olsufiev).

probably quite a common sight...

Rikhter V. A. (1960)
Novye dlya fauny SSSR i maloizvestnye vidy variegatorok (D. T.) [New for the fauna of the USSR and little-known species of mottled wings (D. T.)]. 1960 No. 4. pp. 893-896.

- I got the article, but only one species is mentioned - Platyparella discoides Fabr.
Penza, May 15, 1920 (Olsufiev).

probably quite a common sight...

Somewhere near you Basov is working, he is engaged in motley wings.

UPD He is Vladimir Mikhailovich, Yelets. From the nearest specialists, I recommend contacting To Valery Alekseyevich Korneev (Kiev), if there is an interest to study in depth.

This post was edited by Pirx - 07.02.2012 17: 00

Somewhere near you Basov is working, he is engaged in motley wings.

UPD He is Vladimir Mikhailovich, Yelets. From the nearest specialists, I recommend contacting To Valery Alekseyevich Korneev (Kiev), if there is an interest to study in depth.

Vladimir Mikhailovich Basov died a couple of years ago. His rare visits to our department at Voronezh State University were always full of interesting conversations.

Good evening!Please help me with the definition of ktyr:Crimea, Cape Tarkhankut, 06.2010 leg.Shaporinsky V.

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Vladimir Mikhailovich Basov died a couple of years ago. His rare visits to our department at Voronezh State University were always full of interesting conversations.

Another sad news... I had only one meeting with him, in 1997, in St. Petersburg, at a dipterous symposium.

Another sad news... I had only one meeting with him, in 1997, in St. Petersburg, at a dipterous symposium.

Very unfortunate... I met Basov in 2004 or 2005 about pins. He gave me his book on Urophora. Who would have thought that he would leave so quickly...

Yes, diptera are orphaned in the funds (only synanthropic flies were studied here and there is even an article on them by Levkovich). And I read a lot of KK of the Leningrad region and began to catch along the way on occasion, there are interesting specimens... Yes, and in our CC you need to add something from this group...

how do I know what my mosquito's gender is? if this is the case

how do I know what my mosquito's gender is? if this is the case

maybe you created the wrong family?

I didn't specifically define it, it's just that it's small, with long legs,+ caught in the snow in January (the first thing that came to mind was the winter mosquito Trichoceridae )or what other family can be caught in winter with a similar structure??

This post was edited by Collector - 10.02.2012 17: 24

Good evening!

Please tell me what kind of fly is ktyr's prey. 19.08.2011 Odessa region.

Thanks!

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Saratov region, Saratovsky district, Burkin Buerak settlement, 17. VII. 2011, leg. I. A. Zabaluev.
approximately 6.5 mm

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Saratov region, Saratovsky district, Burkin Buerak settlement, 17. VII. 2011, leg. I. A. Zabaluev.
approximately 6.5 mm

Sphaerophoria sp.
Syrphidae natural

I didn't specifically define it, it's just that it's small, with long legs,+ caught in the snow in January (the first thing that came to mind was the winter mosquito Trichoceridae )or what other family can be caught in winter with a similar structure??

When determining an insect that is completely unfamiliar to me, I prefer not to choose the most likely option, but to take a determinant and try to DETERMINE the family first.

Or maybe there are hairs on the eyes, but not very noticeable? What magnification did you use?

This post was edited by alex 2611-12.02.2012 16: 35

Sphaerophoria sp.
Syrphidae naturally

Thank you) And before the type they are not determined by the photo?