Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Geomyza martineki / balachowskyi or hackmani?

Posted by Helga Becker on 25-07-2014 23:05
#1

Hello,

Can you help me with identification of this fly?

Best regards

Helga Becker

Posted by Jan Willem on 26-07-2014 01:40
#2

Very likely to be a female of Geomyza balachowskyi. Normally (but not always) the abdomen the females of G. hackmani and G. martineki is entirely black (with the exception of the base), and in those species the post-scutellum is normally also much darker.

Posted by Helga Becker on 26-07-2014 09:08
#3

Jan Willem wrote:
Very likely to be a female of Geomyza balachowskyi. Normally (but not always) the abdomen the females of G. hackmani and G. martineki is entirely black (with the exception of the base), and in those species the post-scutellum is normally also much darker.


Hello Jan Willem,

Many thanks for the determination.

Best regards

Helga