Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Drosophilidae ~ Scaptomyza pallida [pale version]
Posted by Roger Thomason on 27-07-2021 10:32
#1
Found at the margin of the beach at Garth's Voe, Graven. Seems to be a
Scaptomyza flava which hasn't been recorded in Shetland previously. Correct ID, or is there anything similar?
Edited by Roger Thomason on 31-07-2021 11:04
Posted by Paul Beuk on 28-07-2021 07:51
#2
Now you know why
Scaptomyza pallida is called
Scaptomyza '
pallida'.
Posted by Jan Maca on 29-07-2021 14:12
#3
S. (Parascaptomyza) pallida can ideed be pale. However, in this case the outer rows of acrostichals are (although barely) visible; the inner rows, on the border of median dark strip, are barely visible too. I think it is a Scaptomyza s. str. - or, who knows, Hemiscaptomyza.
Posted by Roger Thomason on 31-07-2021 10:57
#4
Thanks for the lesson in Latin Paul ;), but I was aware of the meaning of "pallida" :P First pale one I've seen here since I started taking photos of flies and 13 years and 10 days since joining Diptera info. So not very common for such a common species here.
Thanks for the input Jan, It was a record shot taken from distance of a very small fly hence mostly out of focus. It flew off before I could get any decent shots.One for the recycle bin normally if it hadn't been "unusual" to me...
Regards
Roger.
Edited by Roger Thomason on 31-07-2021 10:59