[Taxacom] Help with winged bug ID

[muscapaul]

The fly most certainly is a chloropid.

Paul


On 4 March 2014 08:13, But Paul <paulbut at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Ken
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Paul
>
> > From: kwalker at museum.vic.gov.au
> > To: paulbut at hotmail.com; dyanega at ucr.edu
> > CC: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu; ecolog-l at listserv.umd.edu
> > Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 10:49:26 +1100
> > Subject: RE: [Taxacom] Help with winged bug ID
> >
> > Hi Paul,
> >
> > Here is a good reference for such bee collecting:
> >
> > Kathleen Immelman, Connal Eardley (2008)  Gathering of grass pollen by
> solitary bees (Halictidae, Lipotriches) in South Africa.  Zoosystematics
> and Evolution
> > Volume 76, Issue 2, pages 263-268
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Ken
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:
> taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of But Paul
> > Sent: Tuesday, 4 March 2014 10:00 AM
> > To: Doug Yanega
> > Cc: Taxacom; ECOLOG-L at listserv.umd.edu
> > Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Help with winged bug ID
> >
> > Dear Doug
> >
> > Thank you for your advice.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > > Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 14:51:04 -0800
> > > From: dyanega at ucr.edu
> > > To: paulbut at hotmail.com
> > > CC: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu; ECOLOG-L at listserv.umd.edu
> > > Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Help with winged bug ID
> > >
> > > On 3/3/14 2:31 PM, But Paul wrote:
> > > > Dear Doug
> > > >
> > > > Do bees collect grass pollen? Is Eremochloa insect-pollinated?
> > > >
> > > A few types of bees will collect pollen from wind-pollinated plants;
> > > Apis mellifera is the best-known, but you will occasionally see
> > > Melissodes (Apidae), Lasioglossum, and Augochloropsis (Halictidae)
> > > doing similar things. They are pretty clearly not pollinating in these
> > > cases - at best, they are stealing pollen, and a few stray grains may
> > > go airborne thanks to their movements.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Doug Yanega      Dept. of Entomology       Entomology Research Museum
> > > Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314     skype: dyanega
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