Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Euthycera stictica-group

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 04-04-2007 16:50
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Well , at my opinion, situation in Euthycera genus isn?t satisfactory (as well as in Sciomyzidae family, I think).
1. Euthycera stictica-sticticaria
According Vala:
E.stictica - very small face spot and antII = antIII
E.sticticaria ? ?normal? face spot and antII > antIII
According Rozkosny, on the contrary:
E.stictica ? ?normal? face spot and antII > antIII
E.sticticaria - very small face spot and antII = antIII
According Rivosecchi:
E.stictica ? small spot of anterior orbital seta (in text ? ?ventral? or seta(?))
E.sticticaria - big spot of anterior orbital seta
Illustrations of genitalia looks also different to use practicaly.
According Vala most ID of E.stictica-group are doubtfull, material is always fragmental and nobody can realy compare it.
Material in Mosc Zool Museum determinated by Dr. Rozkosny (as usualy without other material to compare with) as E.stictica consists of 2 spp from North Caucasus and 8 spp collected by Andrey Ozerov in Middle Asia. Serias of 2 spp corresponds with my serias (of 19 spp), Middle Asian spp looks rather different.
2. So, I think that the best possible ID is so far Euthycera cf. stictica, as Stephane proposed.
At least lunule is large...