Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Anthomyiidae? => Hylemya sp

Posted by tristram on 17-07-2013 20:25
#1

Photo taken near Reading, UK, on 2012-04-24.

I think this might be a male Hylemya vagans. Is this correct?

Edited by tristram on 18-07-2013 21:15

Posted by javanerkelens on 17-07-2013 22:36
#2

On this photo I nearly can see if the arista is indeed long haired, what suggest Hylemya, so maybe a crop to confirm it.
If so….Hylemya seems right, but if it is indeed H. vagans, I can’t say for sure, because the male of H. urbica also can have the tibia very yellowish / brownish.
I need to see the present or absent (H. vagans) of the subapical ad seta on the midfemur and if the occiput is bare (H. vagans) or not.
So I have doubt between H. vagans and H. urbica (both common)
H. variata mostly has the tibia more brownish / black (less common)

Johanna

Edited by javanerkelens on 17-07-2013 22:37

Posted by tristram on 18-07-2013 19:18
#3

This contrast-enhanced blow-up does seem to show the presence of long hairs on the aristae. I'll put it down as a Hylemya sp.

Thank you, Johanna.

Edited by tristram on 18-07-2013 19:23