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 Tephritis 2 NL->T. matricariae
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| nielsyese |
Posted on 30-06-2022 18:30
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 Member Location: Yerseke, NL Posts: 2368 Joined: 13.02.09 |
Last Tuesday I collected two Tephritis specimen by sweeping the vegetation in Terneuzen, the Netherlands. As I am not 100% sure about my ID, I would like to ask your opinion about it. The other Tephritis I will post in a separate thread. I made 4 pictures from nearly the same angle, because they look very similar but I think they are two species. This one I think is Tephritis crepidis, because there are two pairs of light spots around the R-M crossvein. Am I right? nielsyese attached the following image:  [101.25Kb] Edited by nielsyese on 30-06-2022 21:22 Best wishes, Niels-Jan Dek |
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| nielsyese |
Posted on 30-06-2022 18:30
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Member Location: Yerseke, NL Posts: 2368 Joined: 13.02.09 |
The wing
nielsyese attached the following image:  [110.24Kb] Best wishes, Niels-Jan Dek |
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| nielsyese |
Posted on 30-06-2022 18:30
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Member Location: Yerseke, NL Posts: 2368 Joined: 13.02.09 |
The abdomen
nielsyese attached the following image:  [116.1Kb] Best wishes, Niels-Jan Dek |
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| nielsyese |
Posted on 30-06-2022 18:31
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Member Location: Yerseke, NL Posts: 2368 Joined: 13.02.09 |
And the notopleural bristles
nielsyese attached the following image:  [126.27Kb] Best wishes, Niels-Jan Dek |
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| Ben Hamers |
Posted on 30-06-2022 19:34
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Member Location: Heerlen ( Holland ) Posts: 739 Joined: 16.12.04 |
They are both Tephritis matricariae. A second pair of (weak) hyaline spots around r-m is not unusual in T. matricariae. Wingpattern in Tephritis crepidis is more chaotic and the hyaline spot in the top of the wing rarely is closed in by the apical fork. Ben |
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| nielsyese |
Posted on 30-06-2022 21:21
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Member Location: Yerseke, NL Posts: 2368 Joined: 13.02.09 |
Thanks Ben, that makes sense. I didn’t know a second pair of weak spots could be present in T. matricariae.
Best wishes, Niels-Jan Dek |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 01-07-2022 10:58
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I agree with Ben. T. matricariae.
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