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 Tephritis hyoscyami or hyosyami?
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| Ruth Ahlburg |
Posted on 13-05-2010 10:18
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Member Location: Denmark Posts: 431 Joined: 26.09.07 |
Copenhagen, Denmark may 9, 2010. In Diptera Gallery I´ve found T. hyosyami and T. hyoscyami. For me it could be both of them. Thanks in advance Ruth Ahlburg attached the following image:  [140.39Kb] Ruth Ahlburg Denmark |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 13-05-2010 12:11
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Tephritis hyoscyami, LINNÉ, 1758 is the correct name, "hyosyami" is a spelling error. |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 13-05-2010 12:11
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This is hyoscyami - the other name you mention is a misspelling.
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| Sundew |
Posted on 13-05-2010 12:13
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Let's share the medal for the first place, Valery  !PS: The fly was surely named after the plant genus Hyoscyamus (engl. Henbane; Solanaceae - nightshade family). Very poisonous! Edited by Sundew on 13-05-2010 12:19 |
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| Ruth Ahlburg |
Posted on 13-05-2010 15:19
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Member Location: Denmark Posts: 431 Joined: 26.09.07 |
A medal for both of you! I hoped for the answer I got. Thank you very much Ruth Ahlburg Denmark |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 13-05-2010 15:23
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Member Location: Posts: 3553 Joined: 28.12.07 |
Indeed, Linnaeus certainly called it after Hyoscyamus. However, it has nothing to do with it: maggots live in the flower heads of midsized thistles like Carduus crispus, C. acanthoides (not C. nutans!). I can believe that someone's who collected them, considered thistle dry seed heads as the Hyoscyamus fruits, which are also quite prickly.
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