Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Probably Lordiphosa fenestrarum?
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| djo |
Posted on 11-08-2021 09:06
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Member Location: Edinburgh, UK Posts: 192 Joined: 16.05.11 |
Hi, Further to my previous post - I *think* that this is a male and female of Lordiphosa fenestrarum. Am I right about the male? Is there a character that I should be able to see in a photo like this? Thanks! D djo attached the following image:  [57.67Kb] Edited by djo on 11-08-2021 09:07 |
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| djo |
Posted on 11-08-2021 09:09
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Member Location: Edinburgh, UK Posts: 192 Joined: 16.05.11 |
Here are three more males. Are tehy all teh same species? Or is the top one different to the other two? And if so, which is which?
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| Jan Maca |
Posted on 11-08-2021 19:30
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Member Location: Posts: 1296 Joined: 25.03.10 |
1st photo: Yes, a pair of L. fenestrarum. 2nd: At least the third fly is L. andalusiaca. I think that the two upper specimens are L. andalusiaca as well (with surstyli more closed together) but it would need some study to be sure. |
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| djo |
Posted on 12-08-2021 08:48
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Member Location: Edinburgh, UK Posts: 192 Joined: 16.05.11 |
Thank you so much! I think I'm getting there .... The females have laid eggs, so if they get as far as adults I'll have some that I'm confident of! |
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| Jan Maca |
Posted on 12-08-2021 12:17
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Member Location: Posts: 1296 Joined: 25.03.10 |
Once I reared Lordiphosa from rotting cabbage with Plasmodiophora. If your rearing will be successful, please keep empty puparia (including their lids). Note that preimaginal stages of Lordiphosa have not been described as yet.
Edited by Jan Maca on 12-08-2021 12:18 |
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