Posted by andrewsi on 20-02-2016 17:43
#1
Grateful for any help with this Tephritis swept from
Calluna vulgaris in Yorkshire, UK this week. Seems to key out close to conura/matricariae, but I have no knowledge of the latter and it is not in my key. Is it possible to say on the basis of these 3 photos?
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 20-02-2016 21:34
#4
Sure.
Tephritis leontodontis De Geer. This name is considered now an unavailable (established in synonymy) and needing plenary power of the ICZN, but there is no replacement name, so its use is continued.
Posted by andrewsi on 20-02-2016 22:22
#5
Thanks, Valery. From White's RES key, I was not expecting such strong marking in a1+cua2. To get to leontodontis, it says that cells a2 and a1+cua2 are usually hyaline, at most with a mark adjacent to the cup extension, but not meeting A2. In this fly, the dark marks clearly reach A2.
I am tending towards T. matricariae.
Edited by andrewsi on 21-02-2016 23:59