Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Anthomyia cf. quinquemaculata. OK

Posted by Michael Ackland on 09-12-2013 10:49
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The fused postsutural spots are unusual. I can't name a male Anthomyia species from a photo I am afraid. You will have to catch a specimen and send it to me, as the ID depends on dissecting the genitalia and examining the gonites especially. This photo is either Anthomyia procellaris, imbrida, quinquemaculata or bazini. A. imbrida has numerous pd setae on hind tibia, but this is not visible in the last photo, only the ad setae. It could be quinquemaculata, which I have caught in your area when on holiday in the 1980's. Some very interesting species there.