Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Platystomatidae from Pakistan
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| Cesa |
Posted on 01-02-2010 19:16
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 Member Location: Turkey Posts: 1276 Joined: 13.10.09 |
Hello, I have an old specimen taken by A Kocak from North Pakistan (Dir, Lowari Pass 3200m) in 1987. Unfortunately my photos are not so sharp but I think especially wing markings may be helpful in ID of the species. It looks like a Rhagoletis or Urophora species, or else? Many thanks in advance. Muhabbet Cesa attached the following image:  [80.21Kb] Edited by Cesa on 01-02-2010 20:52 |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 01-02-2010 19:48
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
I think it's a Rivellia (Platystomatidae)
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 01-02-2010 20:07
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Yes. However, species cannot be IDd
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| Cesa |
Posted on 01-02-2010 20:56
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Thank you Kahis and Valery for ID. Meanwhile I made a quick search in the internet but could not find a reference article on the Rivellia of South West Asia. Is there any modern publication on this group, or not exists. |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 15-03-2010 21:33
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Sorry. Absolutely no comprehensive revisions, and a lot of similar species with genitalic differences, plus many synonyms. Hara sterted some in 1990s but then changed his job an had not finished his revision.
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| Andrew Whittington |
Posted on 16-03-2010 14:57
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I agree, and it's a tricky genus. I am working toward plugging this gap, but apologise for slow progress. At present this specimen cannot be determined to species. I would tentatively place it in the R. fusca (Thomson, 1869) group, but this is little more than an educated guess.
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