Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Black metalic 3 mm

Posted by von Tschirnhaus on 12-05-2013 13:33
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Agromyzidae: Melanagromyza sp., female, I confirm with Milos. Lonchaeidae only possess one orbital bristle in the upper part of the orbits (in the image 2 upper reclinate and two lower incurved orbital bristles; the female oviscape is not [as in all world Agromyzidae]conical (or rarely cylindrical) but depressed, the subcosta runs separately to the costa, in the image it is fused with the R1 and typical slightly thickened. Two dorsocentrals are seen and if you look very carefully you detect one posterolateral seta on the mid-tibia in both images (in the upper picture it appears light), typical for most Agromyzinae. Metallic sheen and black halteres let beginners mix up certain Agromyzidae with Lonchaeidae.