Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Cetema cereris(female)? (Chloropidae)

Posted by von Tschirnhaus on 10-12-2013 18:18
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Cetema cereris (Fallén, 1820), Chloropidae: female. Cetema is neuter, cereris is named after a Greek god, thus being not an adjective with neuter ending. A white arista occurs in several genera of all chloropid subfamilies, partly in single species only (like here) or partly in all. A "rugous" surface of the scutum (mesonotum) is typical of the genus. C. cereris develops in species of several genera of Poaceae.